The Madras High Court in a judgment reported as Palanikumar Pillai Vs. Palanikumar Pillai & others (1988) 1 LW 448 explained the scope of 'provision of owelty'. While referring to the Supreme Court judgment in Badri Narain Prasad Choudary & others Vs. Nil Rattan Sarkar (1978) 3 SCR 467, held to the following