M.M.SUNDRESH, J

1. This appeal has been filed by the wife challenging the decree granted on the file of I Additional Family Court, for divorce in favour of the husband under Section 13(1) (ia) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955.

2. The brief facts of the case in a nutshell are as follows:

i. The appellant and the respondent are wife and husband. The marriage was solemnised as per the Hindu Rites and Custom on 29.08.1999 at Ananda Kalyana Mandapam, Chrompet, Chennai. The marriage was an arranged marriage between the parties. Prior to the marriage between the appellant and the respondent, the marriage between the appellants brother and the respondents sister was also solemnised on 24.05.1999. After the marriage the appellant became pregnant and went to her parents home.

ii. Thereafter a male child was born between the parties on 29.08.2000. Alleging that the appellant has left the matrimonial home on her own will and thereafter refused to come back from her parental home, the respondent filed the petition for divorce under Section 13(1) (ia) of the Hindu Marriages Act, 1955 on the ground of cruelty which was caused by the desertion of the appellant in view of her objection