respondent had been about her having not been provided any maintenance by the petitioner. In fact, this is her grievance in the civil suit as well. The respondent has very categorically set up the case in her application that:- She is an old lady, remains sick, suffers from many problems like Blood Pressure and other old age diseases; It is difficult for her to do any work; She has no source of income for her subsistence and day-to-day requirements; She has not been provided any maintenance by the petitioner, who has neglected, deserted and treated her with cruelty. Just because towards the end of her application, she did not use the words “to direct the petitioner to pay her maintenance” would not mean that prayer for maintenance was not made in the application. It is writ large on perusal of the application as also on the perusal of the civil suit instituted by her under Section 18 of the Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act. The power to grant interim relief of such nature is implicit in the grant of main relief. In the given facts, considering the pleadings of the respondent, the Court had the power to award interim maintenance pending adjudication of the civil suit for maintenance.
