1. Aggrieved by the judgment and decree passed by the Family Court at Shivamogga in M.C. No. 107/2012 dated 05.04.2013, whereby the petition filed under Section 13(l)(ia) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, by the appellant/wife, seeking dissolution of her marriage on the ground of cruelty is dismissed, the wife is in appeal before this Court.

2. As the facts unfurl:

The wife filed a petition for divorce against respondent/husband on the ground of cruelty. Her case was, that the parties were married on 05.05.2002, as per the customs prevailing in their Rajaputh community; after the marriage the wife joined the husband in the matrimonial home at Bhadravathi; the said house was located in a slum area though the respondent and his family is very rich. During her stay in the matrimonial home, she was witnessing quarrels in her neighbourhood every day; the husband was quarrelling with her for petty matters; he was alcoholic and in his intoxicated state, he beat her many times; his parents were scolding him for his bad behaviour. Her way of life was different from that of the hu