JUDGMENT (Oral)

1. By way of present appeal, appellant seeks setting aside of the impugned judgment and decree dated 18.08.2017 passed by the learned Principal Judge, Family Courts, North District, Delhi whereby the petition filed by the appellant under Section 13(1)(ia) and (ib) of Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 was dismissed while observing as under:

"79. In support of his case, however stated that since she wanted to save her matrimonial marriage, she had chosen the peaceful path of separation without bickering and she stayed at her parental home. There is nothing on record to prove that the respondent had left the company of the petitioner without any reasonable cause. There is also nothing on record as to whether the petitioner had filed any petition for Restitution of Conjugal Rights under Section 9 of Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 and the respondent had refused to stay with him. There is nothing on record to show that the petitioner has been trying to support the respondent or the minor children during the course of their separation. There is nothing on record that he is voluntarily to help the children financially and even if, the respondent has not filed any case for maintenance agai