JUDGMENT :

Prayer: Second Appeal is filed under Section 100 of C.P.C, against the judgment and decree dated 14.12.1999 made in A.S.No.60 of 1998 on the file of the Principal Subordinate Court, Tenkasi, reversing the judgment and decree dated 19.02.1998 made in O.S.No.19 of 1997 on the file of the District Munsif Court, Sengottai.

1. The defendants are the appellants herein.

2. The plaintiff filed O.S.No.19 of 1997 before the District Munsif Court, Sengottai for a declaration that she is the legally wedded wife of the first defendant and for a consequential relief of injunction as against the second defendant that she should not interfere with the peaceful marital life of the plaintiff. The suit was dismissed by the trail Court. The plaintiff filed A.S.No.60 of 1998 before the Principal Subordinate Court, Tenkasi. The learned Subordinate Judge was pleased to allow the appeal and decreed the suit as prayed for. As against the same, the present second appeal has been filed by the defendants.

3. The plaintiff had contended that she is the relative of the first defendant. The plaintiff and the first defendant were in love with each other and they were living as husband and wife for nearly 6