A.K. Prasad, J.

1. This appeal, under Section 19(1) of the Family Courts Act, 1984, is by the plaintiff (Amna Khatoon) against the judgment and decree passed by the Principal Judge, Family Court, Dhanbad, in Title (Matrimonial) Suit No. 40 of 1994, dismissing her suit for dissolution of marriage under the Dissolution of Muslim Marriage Act, 1939 (the Act, for short).

2. The essential facts giving rise to this appeal are thus :

It is admitted fact that the plaintiff (Amna Khatoon) and the defendant (Md. Kashim Ansari) Were married on 6.3.1993, according to the Mahomedan rites at village Asanbani, P.S. Govindpur, within district Dhanbad, at the residence of the plaintiff. The defendant is the resident of village Sam-hari, P.S. Barwadda, within district Dhanbad. It emerges from the record that the parents of the plaintiff are blind and she has two married sisters and no brother. Further, both the parties have admitted in their evidence that nochild has been born to them out of the wed-lock. At the time of the marriage, the plain tiff was a teacher in Asanbani Middle School, while the defendant was a driver in M/s. Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) at Dhanbad.

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