JUDGMENT - REBELLO F.I., J.: - The appellant had filed the petition for decree of divorce under section 13(1)(ib) of Hindu Marriage Act, 1955. It was the case of the petitioner that marriage between the petitioner and respondent was solemnized on 11-3-1993. In the petition as presented the petitioner further averred that he was divorcee when he got married to the respondent. The marriage was soleminzed as per Hindu Rites as both petitioner and respondent are Hindu. The petitioner residence is at A/205, Suryakiran Apartment, Dharampur Cross Road, Valsad (West) in Gujarat State. After the marriage the petitioner and respondent went to reside at his house. They stay their as husband wife together for about a month. At about end of first month of their marriage, according to the petitioner the respondent informed him that uncle and aunt who were aged were not keeping good health and as such she would like to go to their house at Dahisar, Mumbai. He therefore brought respondent at Dahisar on 12-4-1993. After they had reached the house of uncle of respondent, the respondent suggested that she would like to stay with them for a few days. He thus left the respondent at the house of uncle o

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