JUDGMENT :

JYOTI SINGH, J.

1. The present appeal has been filed by the appellant-wife seeking to set aside the judgment and decree dated 18.07.2016 passed by the learned Family Court, whereby the divorce petition filed by the husband, who is the respondent herein, has been allowed and the marriage between the parties has been dissolved on grounds of cruelty under Section 13(1)(ia) of the Hindu Marriage Act (hereinafter referred to as ‘HMA’).

2. The necessary facts are that the respondent is a senior officer in the Indian Air Force and got married to the appellant herein on 29.01.2006 according to Hindu rites and ceremonies at New Delhi. A daughter was born out of this wedlock on 19.11.2008. The respondent had approached the Family Court by filing a petition seeking divorce on grounds of cruelty under Section 13(1)(ia) of the HMA.

3. The respondent had pleaded that the appellant herein was reluctant towards her household duties and careless in her dressing sense which was not expected from the wife of an Air Force Officer. He pleaded that the appellant was very arrogant, stubborn and a self-centered woman, who would get highly irritated on minor issues. According to him, she would abuse