RUKMANI DEVI Vs. BADRI NARAYAN

JUDGEMENT

(1.) INSTANT miscellaneous appeal impugns the decree and judgment dated April 6, 1992 of the learned Judge Family Court, Ajmer whereby the petition under Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act 1955 (for short 1955 Act) was allowed and decree of divorce was granted in favour of the respondent -husband.

(2.) THE appellant -wife has assailed the impugned decree and judgment on the ground that the evidence produced by the respondent -husband was not sufficient to prove cruelty on the part of the appellant -wife. The parties were married on June 22, 1972 according to the Hindu rites at Delhi. Both lived together as husband and wife at Ajmer. In 1985 a girl was born out of their wedlock, who expired. The husband -respondent instituted a petition under Section 13 of the 1955 Act on the ground of cruelty. The wife -appellant denied the allegations by submitting written statement. As many as 7 issues were framed by the learned Family Court on the basis of the pleadings of the parties which have been incorporated in the impugned judgment. The husband -respondent produced as many as 8 witnesses in support of his petition whereas the appellant -wife examined 3 witnesses. The learned Family Court vide the impugned judgment allowed the petition and granted the decree of divorce in favour of the husband -respondent.

(3.) A look at the statement of the wife -appellant goes to show that she does not want to live with the husband -respondent. An attempt was made by the learned Family Court to pursuade the parties to live together but the wife -appellant did not agree to reside with the husband -respondent.