ORDER :

1. The appellant/wife has filed the present First Appeal (MAT) under Section 28 of the Hindu Marriage Act being aggrieved with the judgment and decree dated 20-2-2023 passed by the learned Additional District Judge, Pendraroad, Dist. Bilaspur in Civil Suit No 13-A/2020 by which the suit filed by the appellant/wife under Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, seeking decree of divorce and dissolution of marriage has been rejected.

2. The brief facts reflected from the record are that the plaintiff/wife filed a petition under Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 before the learned Additional District Judge, Pendraroad mainly contending that the appellant and respondent are governed by the Hindu Law. The marriage of the appellant/wife was solemnized forcefully with respondent/husband on 28-6-2020 at Nagar panchayat, Nawagarh, District Janjgir-Champa suppressing the fact that the respondent/husband is suffering Epilepsy where the parents of the appellant/wife have not performed the rituals of Kanyadhan. It has also been contended that one of the relatives of the father of the appellant namely Gorelal Gupta had fixed the date of marriage on 27-6-2020 and 28-6-2020. On 2