1. The unsuccessful plaintiff / appellant husband herein Mr. N.Shankar having lost his case before the trial court for decree of divorce has filed the present Civil Miscellaneous Appeal.

2. The Plaintiff / Appellant is an engineer by profession married the respondent, an educated lady in accordance with Hindu Rites and ceremonies. After the marriage they were having happy married life. Since the appellant husband was suffered many mental cruelties at the hands of his own wife, the respondent herein, though the appellant had adjusted on many occasions with the respondent to avoid any friction with a fond hope that she would cope up with him in future to lead an amicable, peaceful and happy life and the appellant finally having miserably disappointed, was constrained to file the petition for divorce under section 13(a) of the Hindu Marriage Act, interalia among other grounds that the respondent started ill treating the petitioner/appellant very often. To mention some instances, the respondent used to force the petitioner/appellant herein to have sexual intercourse even when the petitioner/appellant was not keeping good health and in the event of the appellant refusing to g