This Civil Miscellaneous Second Appeal is filed against the judgment and decree of the learned Additional District-cum-Sessions Judge/Fast Track Court No. II, Thoothukudi in C.M.A. No. 47 of 2005 dated 14.02.2006 confirming the judgment decree of the learned Subordinate Judge, Thoothukudi in H.M.O.P. No. 60 of 2002, dated 09.01.2004. The husband who had filed the H.M.O.P. for divorce is the appellant before this Court.

2. Petition was filed by the appellant for divorce under Section 13(i)(b) of Hindu Marriage Act 1955. The marriage between the appellant and the respondent took place on 09.04.2000 at Thoothukudi according to the customs and rites prevailing in their community. At the time of marriage, the respondent/wife was working as Assistant in Tirunelveli Collector Office and even in the first night itself, the respondent insisted the petitioner to settle at Palayamkottai at the mercy of her parents. The petitioner refused to accept her demand as such the respondent picked up quarrel and the marriage was not at all consummated. Within a week after the marriage, the respondent joined duty at Tirunelveli and stayed with her parents. During weekends, she used to visit the pe