JUDGMENT :

Rongon Mukhopadhyay, J.

Heard Mr. Pradeep Kumar, learned counsel for the appellant. None appears on behalf of the respondent.

2. This appeal is directed against the judgment and decree dated 19.10.2020 (decree signed on 26.11.2020) passed by Smt. Sanjeeta Srivastava, learned Additional Principal Judge, Additional Family Court, Dhanbad in Original Suit No. 691 of 2016, whereby and whereunder the suit preferred by the appellant u/s 13(1)(i-a) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 has been dismissed.

3. For the sake of convenience both the parties are referred to in this judgment as per their status in the learned court below.

4. A suit was preferred by the plaintiff (appellant herein) u/s 13(1)(i-a) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, in which, inter alia it has been stated that the marriage of the plaintiff and the defendant (respondent herein) was solemnized on 24.05.2010 as per Hindu rites and customs. After marriage both started residing together but the marriage was not consummated due to which the couple does not have any issue. The defendant also did not discharge her marital obligations and also did not prepare food for the plaintiff and her in-laws. The defendant is a lady of v