PRITAM KAUR Vs. SURAT SINGH

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Admittedly, the parties to the appeal were married on 16th April, 1973, and till the filing of divorce petition on 10th November, 1978, lived together only for a few days and there is no living child at the present moment. According to the husband, soon after the marriage, he and his family members discovered that the wife was of unsound mind and the record shows that she was taken to the Mental Hospital, Amritsar, where it was so diagnosed on 25th April, 1973, and was treated from time to time till early July, 1978, but was not cured. Since the husband found that the mental disorder was incurable and was getting aggravated, he filed a petition for divorce in which he succeeded before the Additional District Judge, Hoshiarpur, who by judgment dated 5th January, 1980, granted divorce on the finding that it was proved that the wife was suffering from unsoundness of mind and mental disorder. Against the aforesaid decree, the wife has come up in appeal to this Court.

(2.) After hearing the counsel for the parties, I am of the view that there is no merit in this appeal. The only point made out before me is that the doctor who appeared as P.W. 5 could not recognise the appellant who was present in Court, when the doctor was cross-examined. It would be useful to quote the exact words stated by the doctor in this regard :-

(3.) For the reasons recorded above, 1 do not find any merit in this appeal appeal and dismiss the same with no order a to costs.