BHASKAR BHATTACHARYA, J. :- This first appeal is at the instance of a wife in a suit for divorce on the ground of cruelty and is directed against the judgement and decree dated 31st August, 1999 passed by the learned Judge, Family Court in Matrimonial Petition No. 150 of 1995 thereby allowing an application for grant of divorce.

2. The respondent herein filed in the Family Court a petition under Section 13(1)(ia) of the Hindu Marriage Act thereby praying for divorce and the case made out by the respondent may be summed up thus :

(a) The respondent was working as an employee of South Eastern Railway and pursuant to the negotiation between the parents of the parties, they were married on 27th February, 1989 according to the Hindu rites and thereafter they started residing as husband and wife at premises No. 120, Adyanath Saha Road, P. S. Lake Town.

(b) To the surprise of all, it was found that even on the very first day after the marriage, the behaviour of the appellant was not of the kind one expects from a new bride. She was insolent and discourteous and ill-behaved with all and created embarrassing situations by terrorising the members of the family of the in-laws.

(c) The ma