B. Siva Sankara Rao, J.

Aggrieved by the order and decree dated 07.08.2013 passed by the Additional Senior Civil Judge, Narasaraopet, Guntur District, in H.M.O.P. No.106 of 2011 filed by Smt. Grandhi Poorna Seetha Manoja under Section 12 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (for brevity “the H.M. Act”) to declare her marriage performed on 15.08.2008 at Srisailam with the respondent therein-cum-appellant herein, by name Shaik Mohammad Rafi, as null and void, since allowed, the appellant herein maintained the present appeal under Section 28 of the H.M. Act.

2. The contentions in the grounds of appeal are that, the impugned order is contrary to law, the learned trial Judge failed to consider the very maintainability of the claim under Section 12 of the H.M. Act, that too for having not been filed petition within one year from the date of the marriage on the ground of the alleged force and for having lived with him and lead marital life subsequent to the undisputed marriage performed on 15.08.2008 till 05.09.2009, when she was taken from the house of the appellant and also for the reason that she was born on 25.08.1991 as per her SSC Certificate and the claim that she is a minor to an