JUDGMENT

Suresh Kumar Kait, J. - The present appeal is preferred by the appellant-husband under Section 19 of the Family Courts Act, 1984 against the judgment dated 09.01.2018 passed by the learned Family Court, Delhi in HMA No.61514/2016 whereby his petition under Section 13(1) (ia) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (hereinafter referred to as 'HMA') was dismissed.

2. The brief facts as narrated by the appellant in the present appeal are that the parties met each other through the sister of the respondent who was his classmate. The respondent was attracted towards appellant and proposed him to get married with her, however, since elder sisters of appellant were unmarried, the appellant held back and did not allow the relationship to develop, however, the respondent was ready to abandon her family and even threatened appellant of suicide. According to appellant, the respondent, between the years 1985 to 1990, regularly wrote letters to him and even visited him at Delhi along with her father. The appellant has claimed that he had completely denied the state of affairs and told the respondent that he was not interested in the marriage, however, due to his long standing relationship with