Sowmya vs S. Venkatesh Babu - 2022 Supreme(Kar) 1053

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2022 Supreme(Kar) 1053

K. S. MUDAGAL, S. RACHAIAH
Sowmya – Appellant
Versus
S. Venkatesh Babu – Respondent

Advocates appeared:
N. Jagadish Baliga, Adv., for the Appellant/Petitioner; G.R. Mohan, Adv., for the Respondents

JUDGMENT

K.S. Mudagal, J. - Heard.

2. Aggrieved by the judgment and decree of divorce granted against her, the respondent/wife in M.C. No. 505/2010 on the file of learned V Additional Principal Judge, Family Court, Bengaluru, has preferred this appeal.

3. Respondent was the petitioner and the appellant was the respondent in M.C. No. 505/2010. For the purpose of convenience, the parties will be referred henceforth according to their ranks before the trial Court.

4. The marriage of the petitioner and the respondent was solemnized on 20.06.2005 at Bengaluru. Out of the said wedlock, the couple was blessed with a daughter, by name "Anuskha", born on 20.07.2006.

5. On 18.07.2007, the petitioner filed M.C. No. 1603/2007 before the Family Court, Bengaluru, seeking decree of dissolution of marriage on the ground of cruelty. On 16.11.2007, on service of notice in M.C. No. 1603/2007, the respondent/wife filed Criminal Miscellaneous No. 977/2007 against the petitioner and his elder sister under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (for short "DV Act") alleging that the petitioner and his elder sister have subjected her to physical, emotional and financial abuse. That was allowe