( 1 ) ASSAILING the judgment and decree passed by Shri T. K. Ghosh, the learned Additional District Judge, 14th Court, Alipore, 24-Parganas (South) in Matrimonial Suit No. 45 of 1993 passed on April 5, 1997 the wife/appellant has filed this First Appeal.

( 2 ) THE learned Judge by his impugned judgment and order of decree, on the basis of the suit for divorce filed by the husband/respondent under section 13 (1) (1a) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1956 granted a decree for divorce against the wife/appellant and declared that the marriage between the wife/appellant and the husband/respondent stood dissolved and she was entitled to receive a permanent alimony at the rate of Rs. 800/- per month from the date of the passing of judgment and decree and refused to pass any other litigation cost as it was prayed for.

( 3 ) THE factual matrix of Matrimonial Suit No. 45 of 1993, the judgment of which culminated in this present Appeal is to the effect that the husband/respondent (P. W. 3) was an M. B. B. S. doctor and was working under Dr. B. N. Chakroborty as a Research Assistant in the field of reproductive Biology.

( 4 ) DURING 1983 to 1994 he attended the Maryland Nursing H