JUDGMENT

Harnaresh Singh Gill, J. - The instant appeal filed by the appellant-wife is directed against the judgment and decree dated 18.9.2017, passed by the learned Additional District Judge, Panchkula, whereby petition filed by the respondent-husband under Section 13(1)(i)(ia) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (for short 'the Act'), has been allowed and the marriage between the parties stood dissolved by a decree of divorce.

2. The brief facts of the case are that the respondent-husband had filed a petition under Section 13(1)(i)(ia) of the Act, for grant of decree of divorce, by averring therein that the marriage between the parties was solemnized on 2.7.2007 at Kalka as per Hindu rites and ceremonies. The respondent-husband was having a Karyana shop at Rajipur and was residing in his father's house, whereas the father of the respondent-husband was doing service at Kiratpur Sahib. Respondent-husband's mother would stay sometime with the respondent and sometime with his father. The elder brother and sister-in-law of the respondent were living separately in Mahadev Colony at Surajpur. The respondent-husband was taunted by the appellant-wife that he was younger to her in age and was an