(1.) This appeal has been preferred by the appellant against the judgment and decree dated 30.11.2000 passed by Sri V. K. Jaiswal, III Additional District Judge, Muzaffar Nagar in Original Suit No. 351 of 1997 Smt. Vandita Gautam vs. Sri Vikas Pandey.
(2.) The brief facts giving rise to this appeal are that the plaintiff-respondent filed Original Suit No. 351 of 1997 against the defendant-appellant u/s. 18 of the Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act (in brief Act) with the allegations that -
(3.) The defendant-appellant filed written statement and denied all the allegations made in the plaint and submitted that-