K.KANNAN
Hardeep Kaur – Appellant
Versus
Ravinder Singh – Respondent
K.Kannan, J.
1. The appeal is at the instance of the wife challenging a decree of divorce granted in an application under Section 13-B of the Hindu Marriage Act. The impugned order alleges that the petition had been filed by both the husband and wife together and statement of parties were reported to have been recorded on 18.07.2009 and 22.01.2010. The order of the Court states that there was nothing on record to conclude that the consent of parties was on account of coercion, duress or allurement.
2. In the appeal filed by the wife, it is urged in the grounds that the husband along with his family members played a vicious fraud by asking her to signify consent for divorce on a representation that husband was serving in the Army and that it would be difficult for him to leave the job to go abroad. On the other hand, the wife had a good command over English and should go along with her brother-in-law Manna Singh as if they were a couple. She was made to believe that she was going through a paper divorce and after conducting a fake marriage between herself and her brother-in-law, they would settle abroad and then her husband would leave the job to go abroad and join her. The
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