JUDGMENT : This appeal is preferred against the order of the Subordinate Judge, Chingleput in O. P. 15 of 1957, refusing to grant a divorce to the appellant under S. 13(1) of the Hindu Marriage Act 25 of 1955.

2. The appellant married the respondent on 18-9-1946 at Nandivaram. The parties led a happy married life till 1952. It is alleged in the petition that subsequently the respondent contracted illicit intimacy with one Kamalanathan Naidu, who was living in the same village. When the appellant and his father came to know of this intimacy, they chided her for her misconduct. The respondent then left her husband's protection and went to her mother's place at Rajkilpakkam. Kamalanatha Naidu followed the respondent and lived with her for some months at Rajkilpakkam. Subsequently the respondent deserted Kamalanathan and contracted illicit intimacy with one N.S. Mani and was living with him at Washermenpet. During her stay with N.S. Mani, she conceived and it is alleged that she aborted the child in the Chingleput Head quarters hospital. The appellant also alleged that during her stay with Mani, they posed for photo together. The respondent subsequently deserted Mani also and a