JUDGMENT :

Manjari Nehru Kaul, J.

Instant appeal has been preferred by the husband Vibhore Singh Gautam, against the judgment and decree dated 11th November, 2016, passed by the Ld. District Judge, Bathinda (in short 'Ld. Court below') vide which his petition filed under Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (hereinafter referred to as 'the Act') against the respondent/wife Deepika, was dismissed.

2. A few facts necessary for adjudication of the case, as pleaded in the petition filed by the appellant-husband before the Ld. Court below, may be noticed. The marriage between the parties was solemnized on 05.05.2007 at Chandigarh as per Hindu rites and ceremonies. After marriage, the parties cohabited and lived together as husband and wife and one daughter was born out of the wedlock. It was alleged that the respondent-wife was of a quarrelsome nature and right from the very beginning of their marriage, she would pickup quarrels with the appellant-husband and his family and would not even hesitate to insult them in the presence of one and all; she would treat the appellant-husband with utter disrespect, refusing to even do or take interest in the normal household work, which would be