Ground/s to determine the amount of maintenance under Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956 is/are -

Under Section 23(3) of the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956, in determining the amount of maintenance to be awarded to a dependant, the Court shall have regard to both 'the reasonable wants of the dependant' (clause (d)) and 'the past relations between the dependant and the deceased' (clause (e)), whereas 'the actual wants of claimant' is not the statutory standard.