Kailash Gambhir, J.

1. This is an appeal by the appellant-husband under section 19 (1) of the Family Courts Act, 1984 calling in question the tenability of the judgment dated 05.11.2014 passed by the learned District and Principal Judge, South-West District, Family Court, Dwarka, New Delhi, whereby a joint petition filed by the parties under Section 13-B of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 seeking dissolution of marriage by decree of divorce by mutual consent has been dismissed.

2. The grievance raised by the appellant in the instant appeal is that the respondent wife had agreed to file the joint divorce petition after having fully gone through the contents of the same and only after prolonged and detailed talks between the parties but thereafter failed to present herself before the Family Court to give her statement. The learned counsel for the appellant also submits that the disputes between the parties were settled with the intervention of the Vasant Vihar Police Station, where the appellant – husband had returned all the gift items to the respondent – wife and besides that, he had paid a sum of Rs. 5.5 lacs to the respondent. The learned counsel for the appellant thus subm