TATHAGATA CHATTERJEE Vs. PAPIYA CHATTERJEE

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THIS first appeal is at the instance of a husband, in a suit for restitution of conjugal life filed under Section 22 of the Special Marriage Act 1954, and is directed against the judgment and decree dated 18th February, 2005 passed by the Additional District Judge, Hooghly in Matrimonial Suit No. 309 of 2000, thereby dismissed the said suit.

(2.) BEING dissatisfied, the husband has preferred the present first appeal. The case made out by the appellant in the application under Section 22 of the Special Marriage Act may be summed up thus:

(3.) AT the time of hearing of the suit, the appellant and his mother gave evidence in support of his case while the respondent herself and her mother deposed in opposing the claim. The learned Trial Judge by the judgment and decree dated 18th February, 2005 was pleased to dismiss the said application under Section 22 of the Special marriage Act, 1954.