(1.) This appeal is against a judgment and order dated 4th September, 2003 passed by the Principal Judge, First Family Court, Calcutta dismissing Matrimonial Suit No. 128 of 2002 filed by the appellant husband against the respondent wife, seeking a decree of divorce. It appears that the appellant husband was married to the respondent wife according to the Hindu Rites on 24th February, 1985. On 14th January, 1987, a son was born of the said wedlock between the respondent wife and the appellant husband. It appears that the appellant husband and the respondent wife lived together as husband and wife till 1995, but thereafter parted ways. In the plaint filed in the Court below, the petitioner alleged as follows:
(2.) The respondent wife filed a written statement denying the allegations made in the plaint. In the plaint, it is alleged that from the inception, the petitioner was ill-treated by the respondent wife and her mother. The respondent wife denied that her mother lived with her.
(3.) On a perusal of the plaint as also the written statement, one thing is clear. The main clash between the appellant and the respondent was the result of a devious attempt on the part of the appellant husband, to have the respondent wife's name deleted from the common joint account, in which the salary of the appellant husband was credited.