( HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE RAJESH H.SHUKLA)

1. The present Appeal has been preferred by the Appellant Original Defendant â wife ('Appellant wife'), challenging the impugned judgment and order passed by the Family Court in Family Suit No. 329 of 2000 dated 18th March 2002, allowing the petition for divorce filed by the Respondent a Original Petitioner a husband ('Respondent husband'), for dissolution of marriage on the ground of cruelty under Section 13(1)(ia) of The Hindu Marriage Act, 1955.

2. The facts of the case briefly stated are;

2.1 The marriage between the Respondent husband and the Appellant wife was solemnized on 21.5.1995 as per Hindu Rites and Rituals. After marriage, they started living together as husband and wife, and a daughter was born out of the wedlock. Thereafter, the quarrel started, and the wife left the matrimonial house. Some efforts were made thereafter for reconciliation, but resulted in failure. Therefore, the Respondent â husband filed Family Suit No. 329 of 2000 seeking dissolution of marriage on the grounds set out in detail in Family Suit No.329 of 2000 inter alia that the Appellant wife deserted the Respondent husband without any reason or the