M. Satyanarayana Murthy, J.

1. These two appeals are preferred by the respondent (wife) in HMOP No. 135 of 2002 and petitioner in HMOP No. 170 of 2002 on the file of the II Additional Senior Civil Judge, Kakinada (hereinafter will be referred as "trial Court") challenging the common order dated 23.8.2005, whereunder, the petition filed by the wife, i.e. HMOP No. 170 of 2002, under Section 9 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (for short "the Act") was dismissed, while allowing the petition filed by the husband, i.e., HMOP No. 135 of 2002, under Section 13(1)(ia) and 13(1)(iii) of the Act by dissolving the marriage between them. For convenience of reference, the ranks given to the parties before the trial Court in HMOP No. 135 of 2002, as petitioner-husband and respondent-wife, will be adopted throughout the judgment.

2. The petitioner-husband filed petition under Section 13(1)(ia) and 13(1)(iii) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 seeking decree of divorce on the ground of cruelty and also on the ground that the respondent-wife is suffering from mental disorder, alleging that the marriage between them was performed on 3.11.1995, but there was no monetary transactions between the pa