(1.) THIS first appeal is at the instance of a wife who was a defendant in a suit for declaration that the marriage was a nullity, and in the alternative, for divorce on the ground of cruelty and is directed against the judgment and decree dated 20th March, 2006 passed by the learned Additional District Judge, First Court, Murshidabad, in Matrimonial Suit No. 256 of 1996, thereby declaring the marriage to be nullity on the ground of suppression of material fact concerning the wife.
(2.) BEING dissatisfied, the wife has come up with the present first appeal.
(3.) THE case made out by the husband in the application under Section 12 of the Hindu Marriage Act and in the alternative, for divorce under Section 13 thereof, as it stands after the amendment of the application, may be summed up thus: