JUDGMENT

Manjari Nehru Kaul, J. - The instant appeal has been preferred by the wife-Ritika Goel against the judgment and decree dated 05.01.2018 of learned Additional District Judge, Kurukshetra, whereby the petition jointly filed by her and the respondent/husband-Ajay Goel under Section 13-B of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (hereinafter referred to as 'the Act') was allowed.

2. Few facts necessary for adjudication of the present appeal as pleaded in the petition filed before the Court below may be noticed.

3. The marriage between the parties was solemnized on 10.02.2012 as per Hindu rites and ceremonies. One daughter was born out of the said wedlock who is living with the wife. Differences arose between the couple soon after their marriage as a result of which their marriage ran into rough weather. After a wearisome period of endless disputes and wrangling, they mutually agreed to dissolve their marriage by filing a petition under Section 13-B of the Act before the learned Additional District Judge, Kurukshetra. On 03.07.2017, a joint statement of the parties was recorded to the said effect. Thereafter, they recorded their respective first motion statements before the Court below. The