(1.) Heard Sri G.Narender Raj, learned counsel for the appellant in F.C.A.No.231 of 2013 and learned counsel for the respondent in F.C.A.No.239 of 2013 and Sri V.R.Machavaram, learned counsel for the appellant in F.C.A.No.239 of 2013 and learned counsel for the respondent in F.C.A.No.231 of 2013.
(2.) The parties hereinafter are referred to as they are arrayed in F.C.A.No.231 of 2013.
(3.) Respondent-wife had filed a petition vide F.C.O.P.No.585 of 2011 under Sec. 13(1)(ia) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1956 against the appellant-husband seeking dissolution of marriage on the ground of cruelty. According to the respondent-wife;