MINERWA SINGH Vs. RAMVIR

JUDGEMENT

(1.) MS . Geeta Luthra, learned Senior counsel appears for the petitioner -wife and Mr. R.S. Kundu appears for the respondent husband on caveat. With the consent of parties, the matter is taken on board for final disposal at the motion stage since it relates to the preliminary point of jurisdiction of the Court.

(2.) HEARD .

(3.) UNFORTUNATELY , the marriage turned sour before it effectively began. It is seen from record that both the parties are highly educated people. There are allegations of demands of dowry on the wife's family. It is alleged that the respondent soon after the wedding asked the petitioner's father to purchase land to help his brother to start a factory as he was retiring from the Indian Army and needed to settle down in an avocation. It is alleged that soon after the marriage, the respondent deserted the petitioner never to return to his wife. The marriage turned a non -starter. The petitioner says that she made sincere efforts to save the marriage but met with failure.