K. Ramakrishnan, J.

1. Petitioner husband in O.P. No. 12/2007 on the file of the Family Court, Kalpetta is the appellant herein. The original petition was filed by the husband for annulment of marriage under Section 12 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (hereinafter called the 'Act').

2. It is alleged in the petition that the marriage between the petitioner and the respondent was solemnised on 21st April, 2006 at Vatakara as per custom. It was a second marriage for the respondent and first marriage to the petitioner. Earlier the respondent was married to another person and that marriage did not last for long and that was dissolved through Court by mutual consent later. It is thereafter on the basis of the advertisement made on the side of the respondent in the daily, the petitioner accepted the proposal and marriage was conducted. According to the petitioner, even before the marriage there was an agreement between them that the respondent being the only daughter of a widowed mother, petitioner has to stay in the respondent's house and that was agreed by the petitioner. Though the marriage fixation ceremony was conducted in September 2005, the respondents wanted the marriage to