(Prayer: Appeal filed against the order dated 16.4.2004 made in F.C.O.P.No.1272 of 2000 passed by the Principal Judge, Family Court, Chennai.)

P.D. Dinakaran, J.

This is an appeal filed by the wife questioning the decree of annulment of marriage granted by the lower court in the petition filed by the petitioner-husband, who is the respondent herein. The husband filed the petition for annulment of marriage on the ground that the wife was suffering from irregular menstruation, which fact was suppressed at the time of marriage; and as the marriage was not consummated, he was subjected to mental agony and cruelty.

2. The case of the respondent herein, as set out in the original petition filed by him, is as follows:

The marriage of the petitioner/husband with the respondent/wife took place on 5.6.1998 at Uthukottai, Periapalayam according to Hindu rites and customs. At that time, the respondent/wife was employed at Sriharikotta as a Probationer and she used to come to petitioner's house once in a week. The respondent/wife was not interested in marital obligation and was very adamant and the marriage was not consummated. The respondent/wife used to have menstruation once in four