S.N. SATHYANARAYANA J,

Respondent is M.C. 1310/02 is challenging the decree of divorce dt.19.12.05 granted in M.C.No.1310/2002 on the file of the II Additional Principal Judge, Family Court, Bangalore, dissolving the marriage between himself and his wife petitioner in the said proceedings. The Judgment and Decree dated 19.12.2005 is a common judgment in M.C.No.1310/2002 filed by the wife seeking decree of divorce under Section 13(i)(ia) of the Hindu Marriage Act and O.S.No.75/2003 also filed by the wife seeking decree of injunction against her husband restraining him from making false and defamatory statements against her in respect of their marital relationship. The Respondent husband in the proceeding is challenging the Judgment and Decree passed in M.C.No.1310/2002 only. For the sake of convenience, parties herein are referred to by their status in M.C. Petition in the Family Court.

2. The facts leading to this appeal are, petition is wife respondent is her husband. They are Hindus, their marriage was solemnized on 09.10.2000. The petitioner and respondent are well educated, qualified doctors in medicine. At the time of the marriage respondent was employed as a doctor i