RACHHPAL SINGH Vs. JINDER KAUR

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THE present FAO has been preferred by appellant to call into the question of validity of decree dated 11.8.2000 vide which the Additional District Judge, Amritsar, allowed the petition under Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act (hereinafter referred to as the Act) filed by respondent-wife ordered the marriage between the parties to be dissolved with effect from the date of the decree.

(2.) THE respondent-wife filed a divorce plea on allegations which may be indicated as under :-

(3.) APPELLANT offered a plain denial of the averments aforesaid. It was averred that it was the respondent wife who left the matrimonial house on the pretext of attending a relative's marriage but did not return to the matrimonial house thereafter. She had also taken along 5 tolas of ornaments and valuable clothes while leaving the matrimonial house. She had otherwise announced at the matrimonial house that she would not like to live with the husband as his wife as she does not like him and her marriage had been performed by her parents against her wishes. It had come to the notice of the appellant that the respondent has contracted a second marriage with one Sarbjit Singh of Chheherta and had received a shagun of Rs. 5,000/- from Punjab Government.