Jagarthanam, J.

1. O.M.S. No.9 of 1985 has been filed by Gnanasigamani, the husband, for the dissolution of his marriage with his wife, Kamala Bai. O.M.S. No. 12 of 1983 has been filed by the wife for the restitution of conjugal rights.

2. The facts and circumstances leading to the filing of these two suits and the defences raised therein, in pith and substance, may succinctly be stated as follows: The marriage between the spouses was solemnized on 14,5.1979 in the C.S.I. Church, S.T. Mangaud, Kanya kumari District. The husband was employed as Junior Assistant. Medical Section, University of Madras and was residing in Madras. Even before marriage, the wife, who was a resident of Kalliyikkavilai Village in Kanya kumari District, was employed as a Typist in the office of the Christian Literary Society, Madras, and she continued her employment after marriage also, living at the matrimonial abode. It is alleged that while so living, the wife's behavior towards the elders at home was beyond tolerable limits and very often she returned home late in the night for no reason whatsoever, giving rise to a suspicion of her fidelity. When the husband enquired, he came to know that his wife e