Albin vs Yakkobu Pavul @ Ganesan - 2026 Supreme(Mad) 719

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2026 Supreme(Mad) 719

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT
G.K.ILANTHIRAIYAN, R.POORNIMA
Albin – Appellant
Versus
Yakkobu Pavul @ Ganesan – Respondent

Advocates Appeared:
For the Appellant : Mr.R.Murugan
For the Respondent: Mr.S.C.Herold Singh

JUDGMENT :

R. POORNIMA, J.

The Appellant/1^st respondent/Wife has filed this Civil Miscellaneous Appeal against the fair order and decretal order dated 30.04.2019 passed in I.D.O.P.No.207 of 2018 on the file of the Family Court, Kanniyakumari at Nagercoil.

2.Brief case of the petition before the lower Court is as follows:

(a) The petitioner and the first respondent are Christians. Their marriage was solemnized on 23.06.1996 according to Christian rites before the Marriage Registrar, Thoothukudi. Out of the said wedlock, two male children were born, namely, Arun Ashick on 17.11.1997 and Arun Ajay on 23.07.2002.

(b) After the birth of the children, the first respondent developed illicit intimacy with the second respondent and began living in adultery with him. Thereafter, on 09.09.2009, the first respondent left the matrimonial home along with the two children. On the very same day, the first and second respondents entered into a marriage agreement before the Sub-Registrar Office, Parasala, vide Document No.1031/2009, and started living together, thereby deserting the petitioner. Therefore, he prayed to grant divorce.

3. The respondent denied all the allegations contained in the petition, i