JUDGMENT :

K.R. Mohapatra, J.

The wife-appellant (for short ‘the wife’) has filed this Matrimonial Appeal assailing the judgment and order dated 18.05.2015 passed by learned Judge, Family Court, Berhampur in C.P. No. 278 of 2013 allowing an application under Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 and thereby dissolving the marriage between the parties to this appeal by a decree of divorce.

2. The husband-respondent (for short ‘the husband’) filed C.P. No. 278 of 2013 before learned Judge, Family Court, Berhampur under Section 13 (i-b) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (for short ‘the Act, 1955’) for dissolution of marriage by a decree of divorce. The contention of the husband in the civil proceeding was that his marriage with the appellant was solemnized on 4.6.2009 as per Hindu rites and customs. After the marriage, both the spouses led a happy conjugal life at the matrimonial house at Digapahandi for a short period. After six months of their marriage, when the marital discord ensued between the parties, the wife left the matrimonial home to her father’s house without any reasonable cause. In spite of repeated efforts and requests, she did not come back to resume her matrimonial li