( 1 ) THIS appeal has been preferred by an unfortunate girl who, though was born with a golden spoon in her mouth because of her own follies, not only suffered herself, but also lowered down the prestige of her family in the society to a great extent.

( 2 ) ). The appellant filed a suit in the City Civil Court at Calcutta for declaration that no marriage between her and the respondent was performed according to the Hindu rites or otherwise at any place and also for a declaration that the registration of the alleged marriage between her and the respondent and the certificate granted by the marriage officer on 1st January, 1993 under Section 16 of the Special Marriage Act was void and inoperative and also for permanent injunction. The said suit, however, was registered as Matrimonial Suit No. 121 of 1994.

( 3 ) THE case as made out by the plaintiff-girl in the plaint inter alia, was that she was born on or about 6th November, 1971 in an affluent family, is the only child of her parents. She, after passing the High Secondary Examination from the Loreto House School in 1990, took admission in B. Com. Part-I course and in 1991 joined a tuition centre near Richi Road, Calcutt