JUDGMENT :

(Prayer: Appeal Suit is preferred under Section 96 of the Code of Civil Procedure, against the judgment and decree dated 08.10.2018 passed in O.S.No.24 of 2015 on the file of the learned Principal Judge, Family Court, Coimbatore.)

1. The appeal suit on hand is directed against the judgment and decree dated 08.10.2018 passed by the learned Principal Judge, Family Court, Coimbatore in O.S.No.24 of 2015.

2. The appellant in the appeal suit is the plaintiff in the suit and the respondent in the appeal suit is the defendant in the suit.

3. The plaintiff is the appellant, who instituted the suit for a declaration that the Triple Talak (Muthalak) pronounced by the plaintiff/husband on 27.04.2015 is valid and binding on the defendant/ wife.

4. For the sake of convenience, the parties are referred hereunder according to their marital status, ‘the husband’ and ‘the wife’, unless the context otherwise requires.

5. The facts in nutshell, as narrated in the plaint, by the plaintiff/husband in the suit, are that the marriage between the husband and the wife is an arranged marriage and solemnised on 01.05.2014 at Aysha Mahal, Kuniamuthur, Coimbatore, in accordance with the Muslim Rites and o