1. The Civil Miscellaneous Second Appeal and the Civil Revision Petition arise out of matrimonial/maintenance proceedings. The husband is the appellant in the Civil Miscellaneous Second Appeal and the wife is the petitioner in the Civil Revision Petition.

2. The husband filed a petition for divorce in O.P.No.68 of 1992 before the Subordinate Judges Court, Gobichettipalayam, against the wife alleging adultery. The parties were married on 12.6.1975 as per Hindu customary rites and conventions of the families at the residence of the husband at Kuppichipalayam. They were living happily. But, they were not blessed with any child. Medical check-ups were not helpful. According to the husband, at the instance of her father one Perama Gounder, who was also a resident of Kuppichipalayam and her junior paternal uncle one Chinnu, the wife started pestering the husband for settling his properties in her favour, that as he refused to comply with her request, she developed hatred and malice towards him and on 27.5.1987 she left the matrimonial home without assigning any valid reason and sufficient cause and without his knowledge and went to her fathers house, that there was an attempt t