JUDGMENT :

Manjari Nehru Kaul, J.

The instant appeal has been filed against the impugned judgment and decree dated 06.09.2018, passed by the Ld. District Judge (Addl. Family Court), Karnal (hereinafter referred to as 'the Ld. Family Court'), whereby, the petition filed by the respondent-husband under Section 9 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (for brevity 'the Act'), seeking restitution of conjugal rights, was allowed.

2. A few facts necessary for adjudication of the case, as narrated in the petition filed by the respondent-husband (appellant therein) before the Ld. Family Court, may be noticed. The marriage between the parties was solemnized on 25.11.2007 as per the Hindu rites and ceremonies at Village Ramba, Distt. Karnal. Out of the said wedlock, a male child was born in the year 2009. The marriage was simple in nature sans any dowry and only customary gifts were exchanged between the parties. The respondent-husband cared for his appellant-wife and showered her with love and affection but the same was not reciprocated by the appellant-wife who would often quarrel and insult the respondent-husband and his family on some pretext or the other. The appellant-wife would many a times lea