Ravi Ranjan, J.

1. Appellant-husband, being aggrieved by the judgment and decree dated 27th of June 1998, passed by Smt. Rekha Kumari, Principal Judge, Family Court. Patna in matrimonial case no. 122 of 1994 dismissing the petition under Section 13 of Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 , has preferred this appeal.

2. The appellant-husband filed Matrimonial Case No. 122 of 1994 under Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 for dissolution of his marriage with the respondent by a decree of divorce. According to the husband, he was married with the respondent on 12.12.1990 in accordance with the Hindu rites and customs. However, from the beginning itself the relationship between the husband and wife remained strained and the wife only occasionally lived in her matrimonial house or with the husband. Her behaviour with the appellant-husband as well as his parents was indecent to the extent that appellants domestic life became very tense and unpleasant. According to the appellant-husband, the respondent never paid due regards to the appellants parents and used to misbehave with the family members of the appellant. That apart she also never shared any domestic work of the family. Furthe