JUDGMENT :

(First Appeal is filed under Section 19(1) of Family Court Act read with Section 96 read with Order 41, Rule 1 of the Code of Civil Procedure against the judgment and decree dated 13.08.2018 made in O.S. No.208 of 2010 on the file of the learned III Additional Judge, Family Court, Chennai.)

The appeal suit on hand is preferred against the judgment and decree dated 13.08.2018 passed by the learned III Additional Judge, Family Court, Chennai in O.S.No.208 of 2010.

2. The first defendant is the appellant, the first respondent is the plaintiff and the second and third respondents are the second and third defendants respectively in the appeal suit.

3. The suit was instituted for a declaration that the first respondent/plaintiff is the legally wedded wife of the deceased Metro Transport Corporation of Chennai employee late Mr.R.Venkatesan.

4. The contentions of the first respondent/plaintiff was that she was the legally wedded wife of Mr.R.Venkatesan, Staff No.12086, who was working as an employee in the Metro Transport Corporation at Madhavaram Depot. The deceased employee Mr.R.Venkatesan married the appellant/first defendant Smt.N.Indira on 15.12.1986 and the same was registered