JUDGMENT :

1. The present appeal has been filed by the husband against the impugned judgment and decree dated 30.09.2019 passed by the Family Court at Villupuram in H.M.O.P. No. 101 of 2019. By the impugned judgment and decree, the said Family Court has dismissed the aforesaid petition filed for dissolving the marriage solemnised between the appellant and the respondent.

2. Aggrieved by the impugned judgment and decree dismissing the above HMOP, the present appeal has been filed by the Appellant. The case of the appellant before the Family Court was that the respondent was cruel to him and deserted him therefore the marriage solemnised between them was liable to be dissolved under the provisions of Section 13(1) (i-a) and (-ib) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955.

3. The appellant had originally filed H.M. O.P. No. 330 of 2014 before the Sub-Court, Tambaram for dissolving the marriage. Thereafter, the case was transferred H.M.O.P. No. 151 of 2015 to Family Court, Villupuram and thereafter transferred the petition in H.M.O.P. No. 58 of 2019 before the Principal Subordinate Judge, Villu