JUDGMENT

(Prayer: This Civil Miscellaneous Appeal is filed under Section 19 of the Family Courts Act, against the judgment and decree made in HMOP.No.766 of 2006 dated 02.03.2009 on the file of the family Court, Coimbatore.)

S. Sounthar, J.

1. Aggrieved by the dismissal of the petition for divorce filed on the ground of desertion and cruelty, the petitioner/husband has come up with this appeal.

2. The appellant/petitioner/husband filed HMOP.No.766 of 2006 on the file of the Family Court, Coimbatore, seeking divorce on the ground of desertion and cruelty. The marriage between husband and the respondent was solemnised on 23.01.1998. According to appellant after marriage, he and respondent lived together only for two months. Out of wedlock a male child was also born to them on 14.11.1998. It was stated by the appellant in his petition that at the time of marriage, the respondent promised that she would get transfer from Mumbai to Coimbatore, the home town of appellant in order to have a meaningful matrimonial life and she also promised to resign the job in case of difficulty in getting the transfer. It was further averred that the respondent had not taken any meaningful steps to get trans