( 1 ) THIS appeal is directed against the order of the Chief Judge, City Civil Court, Hyderabad holding that O. P. No. 457/79 filed by the appellant herein seeking divorce under S. 27 of the Special Marriage Act, is not maintainable.

( 2 ) THE appellant averred in her petition that both the parties are Christians and Protestants by faith and that the appellant, who is an Indian Citizen, is ordinarily a resident of the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad while the respondent is a citizen of the United Kingdom of England. The appellant (petitioner) having passed her Intermediate Examination and qualified as a Higher Grade Typist, left for Bahrain (Saudi Arabia) and came into contact with the respondent who was working there. They were married on 7-12-1972 in the office of Her Majesty s Political Agent at Bahrain. The appellant claims that the marriage was performed under the Foreign Marriage Act. From then onwards, both of them lived as husband and wife till, August, 1973 at Bahrain when the respondent left for London. As the appellant was then pregnant, the respondent promised to take her to London and advised her to go back to Secunderabad and stay with her