JUDGMENT :

Mr. Farjand Ali, J.

1. The instant Civil Misc. Appeal has been preferred by the appellant Imran Rafeeq under Section 19 of the Family Courts Act, 1984 against the judgment and decree dated 21.12.2021 passed by the learned Judge, Family Court No.1, Udaipur in Civil Misc. Case No.31/2020 whereby, the learned Judge has allowed the divorce petition filed by the respondent-applicant (wife).

2. Succinctly stated the facts of the case are that parties to the lis are born and brought up according to distinct religious beliefs. They studied together in a college. Their close friendship transformed into a love affair and thus they got married on 07.07.2009 according to the rites and rituals of Muslim customs. They spent their married life with full mirth and merriment for few years and were blessed with a baby boy from their wedlock. After spending some time together, owing to some ideological and temperamental differences, relations between them turned sour and in the year 2014, they decided to live separately. The respondent kept the baby with her at her parental house at Udaipur. Over the period, their relationship became more strained and thus, on 05.08.2020, the estranged wife m