JUDGMENT

Hima Kohli, J. - The appellant/husband who is the respondent in H.M.A. 617/2018, filed by the respondent/wife, has sought to challenge the order dated 14.08.2020, passed by the learned Principal Judge, Family Courts, Patiala House Courts, New Delhi, dismissing an application filed by him under Order VII Rule 11(a) and (d) read with Order XIV Rule 2(2) of the Code of Civil Procedure (for short "CPC"), praying inter alia for the dismissal of the divorce petition for want of cause of action and on the ground that the same is barred by law.

2. A quick glance at the facts of the case, relevant for deciding the present appeal is necessary. The appellant and the respondent had got married at New Delhi on 31.10.2010, as per the Sikh rites and Hindu Vedic rites and ceremonies. The appellant/husband is a US citizen, having moved to that country with his parents in the year 1994. After their marriage, the respondent/wife moved to USA, where a civil ceremony of marriage was conducted before a Judge at Illinois, USA on 19.3.2011. The respondent/wife applied for a permanent resident status in the year 2011. The parties were blessed with a baby girl on 15.12.2014. On 07.12.2016 the respon