JUDGMENT :

KARAMJIT SINGH, J.

1. Sarbjit Kaur, the appellant-wife, is before this Court, by way of instant appeal under Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (for short 'the HMA') to assail correctness of judgment and decree dated 25.02.2011, whereby learned Additional District Judge, Jalandhar, has allowed the petition (No. H.M.A. Case MP./85 of 2006), which was brought by the respondent-husband for dissolution of his marriage with the appellant-wife on the ground of cruelty and desertion citing various instances of cruelty attributable to the appellant-wife.

2. In brief, the facts are that the respondent-husband was initially married with one Baljinder Kaur @ Kulkiran Kaur and out of the said wedlock, three children, namely, Davinder Kaur (daughter) and Ranjit Singh and Onkar Singh (sons) were born. The said marriage of respondent-husband and Baljinder Kaur was dissolved with mutual consent under Section 13-B of the HMA vide judgment and decree dated 25.02.1997. It is alleged that after dissolution of first marriage, the respondent-husband got married with appellant-wife on 13.10.2000, after apprising her about dissolution of his first marriage. After the marriage, both the par