1. Instant Civil First Miscellaneous Appeal, calls in question judgment and decree of learned Additional District Judge, Matrimonial Cases, Jammu dated 26th September, 2006 in petition under section 13 of J&K Hindu Marriage Act titled "Ajay Kumar v. Anjali Bhan", whereby marriage of the parties has been dissolved. The appeal arises in the following factual background.

2. The respondent on 1st June, 2001 filed a petition under section 13 of J&K Hindu Marriage Act, seeking a Decree of divorce. The respondent based his claim for divorce on the ground that the appellant, after solemnization of the marriage, treated the respondent with cruelty. The particulars of cruelty allegedly perpetrated by the appellant on the respondent were spelt out in the petition, as under: -

(I) That the appellant, soon after the parties tied marital knot, treated respondent and "his parents and family members with disrespect", "misbehaved" with the parents and other family members of the respondent, picked up quarrels over trivial matters, did not lend a helping hand in day-to-day domestic work and failed to perform her duties as a wife and daughter-in-law.

(II) That the appellant in March, 2000, underwent abo

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