JUDGMENT :

Biswanath Rath, J.

The opposite party-wife is the appellant assailing here the judgment passed by the Judge, Family Court, Cuttack in Civil Proceeding No.04 of 2012 whereby, allowing the application for divorce in favour of the husband/petitioner-the present respondent while considering his application under Section 13(i)(a) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 vide impugned judgment and order dated 7.05.2012, the marital status between contesting spouses has been snapped.

2. Brief facts of the case are that the respondent/husband filed an application under Section 13(i)(a) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 for grant of divorce with pleadings that the respondent married the appellant/wife on 5.12.2007 following the Hindu rites and customs. The respondent was working in N.S.N Company as HR Executive at Bhubaneswar. Their marriage had taken place on 5.12.2007 and after the marriage both the respondent and the appellant were staying in respondent’s house at Bhubaneswar. The respondent claimed to be the only child of his parents. The respondent alleged that Miss Ayesha Jamal was his distant relation. She was also close to his wife and his wife used to talk with her over mobile for lon