( 1 ) THIS public interest litigation case concerns an innocent woman and her treacherous husband. The petitioner Smt. S. Radhika Sameena - is the daughter of one Charan Dass, a retired Sub-Inspector of Police with cardiac problems. She has four sisters and one brother. She is a graduate in Commerce and a qualified higher-grade Stenographer. When she was working as an office Assistant in Royal Laboratories, Hyderabad in the year 1986, she became closely acquainted with one Dr. Jameeluddin, who was working as a Junior Chemist in the same concern. At the time, his qualification was only M. Sc. , (Chemistry ). They fell in love but deferred their marriage as Jameeluddin wanted to obtain a Ph. D. , Degree. She helped him in completing his thesis foregoing a better job she got in the A. P. Bhavan, New Delhi. She also spent her own money apart from assisting him in completing his thesis. She was even taken by him to his Guide at Barkatullah University, Bhopal, where he had registered for Ph. D. , for finalising the thesis. When the formalities of submitting the thesis were over, they were married on 7-8-1992 under the Special Marriage Act. Ex. A-1 is the photocopy of the ma