R. SUBRAMANIAN, J.

The husband whose petition for divorce filed under Section 13(1)(i-a) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, seeking divorce on the ground of cruelty was dismissed by the Family Court, Karaikal is the appellant. The Original Petition in MOP No. 1 of 2015 was filed by the appellant seeking divorce on the ground of cruelty. Originally the same was numbered as HMOP No.3 of 2012 and upon constitution of Family Court at Karaikal the same was renumbered as MOP No.1 of 2015.

The brief averments made in the Petition are as follows :

2. The marriage between the parties took place on 12.12.2010 at Mannarkudi, according to Hindu Rites and Customs. The appellant husband was working as Head of the Department, Department of Microbiology in RVS College of Arts and Science at Karaikal. The appellant and the respondent started the matrimonial life at Door No. 33 North Street, Kovilpathu, Karaikal. The appellant learnt that the father of the respondent had lied with regard to the number of daughters he had. When the parents of the appellant along with appellant visited his in-law’s house at Mannarkudi, on 25.12.2010, the father of the appellant enquired as to why such a false sta