( 1 ) THIS appeal is directed against Judgment and decree dated 27th November 1982 of an Additional District Judge dissolving the marriage between the parties by a I decree of divorce on the ground of cruelty felling under section 13 (1 ) (i) (a) of the Hindu Marriage Act for short the Act ).

( 2 ) THE facts giving rise to this appeal in brief are that the parties were. married on 12th February 1981 in accordance with Sikh/hindu marriage rites and ceremonies However, they also got the marriage registered with the Marriage Officer, New Delhi, A daughter named Jyotika was born of the wedlock on 16th November 1981 at Vohra Nursing Home Rajouri Garden, New Delhi. However, it would appear that the parties were not pulling on well and on 17th January 1982 the appellant went to her mother s home consequentupon some quarrel between the parties. On 16th February 1982 the respondent-husband moved a petition for dissolution of theircarriage by a decree of divorce on the ground of cruelty. The respondent averred, in his petition that the behaviour and attitude of the appellant towards him and member of his family had been very uncooperative and even cruel from the very inception