( 1 ) THIS appeal is directed against the judgment and decree passed by the learned Additional District Judge, 10th Court, Alipore in Matrimonial Suit No. 51 of 1987. By the aforesaid judgment and decree, the learned trial Judge allowed the application made by the plaintiff respondent Smt. Jolly Das alias Moulik under S. 25 (iii) of the Special Marriage Act. The learned Judge held that the marriage between the said respondent and the appellant Tapan Ranjan Das was a nullity.

( 2 ) THE case of the petitioner respondent Smt. Jolly Das alias Moulik is, inter alia, that she is a Hindu by faith and an Indian by nationality and she comes of a respectable family. Her father is a practicing doctor of good repute and the appellant Tapan Ranjan Das is also a Hindu and Indian by nationality and he is aged about 42 to 45 years. It is contended by the petitioner respondent Smt. Jolly Das that the said Tapan Ranjan Das was practically unemployed and to earn his livelihood he has opened a music coaching class at his residential address. Jolly was admitted in the music coaching class of Tapan and she was known to Tapan and his family members for a long time because the said Tapan R