Justice Dev Darshan Sud, J. This appeal has been preferred by the appellant/wife against the judgment and decree of learned District Judge (F), Shimla dissolving the marriage between the parties to this appeal by a decree of divorce on the ground of cruel1ty as pleaded by the respondent/husband.

2. Petition under Section 13 of The Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (hereinafter referred to as Act) was instituted by the respondent-husband. It was pleaded that the marriage between the parties were solemnized on 7.3.2000 at Village Bagoti. The case pleaded by the respondent/husband is that immediately after the marriage, the appellant herein started treating the respondent with cruelty. Number of grounds were urged before the learned trial Court to substantiate this plea. Primarily amongst them were: (a) That the appellant used to leave the matrimonial home without informing the petitioner or his parents which act, she had been committing on number of occasions. To paraphrase, the incident referred to above (i) the appellant refused to cook food for the family members stating that she did not know how to cook as the mother had been doing this for her. (ii) On 8.4.2000 she left the home