JUDGMENT :

G. Chandrasekharan, J.

(Prayer: This Civil Miscellaneous Appeal is filed under Section 19 of the Family Court Act against the judgment and decree dated 23.03.2016 passed in HMOP No.2940 of 2010 by the learned Principal Family Court Judge at Chennai.)

1. This Civil Miscellaneous Appeal is filed against the order of the learned Principal Family Court Judge, Chennai in HMOP No.2940 of 2010.

2. The respondent, as the petitioner, filed HMOP No.2940 of 2010 under Section 13(1)(ia)(ib) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, for dissolution of the marriage held on 12.07.2000 between the respondent and appellant on the grounds of cruelty and desertion. A male child R.P.Rengarajan was born out of this wedlock. The appellant was a pampered child at her parental home and therefore, she behaved in an authoritative manner with the respondent and his relatives. She was not doing any household work including the cooking. She did not give any respect to respondent’s mother and abused her in filthy language. Inspite of arranging a separate kitchen for the appellant, she used to abuse the respondent’s mother and threatened to kill her and during 2005, she left the matrimonial home and stayed with he