ORDER

Ritu Bahri, J. - The appellant-husband has come up in appeal before this Court, seeking setting aside of judgment dated 19.09.2018 passed by District Judge, Addl. Family Court, Karnal, whereby the petition filed by him under Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (for short 'Act 1955'), for dissolution of marriage between the parties by decree of divorce on the grounds of cruelty and desertion, has been dismissed.

2. Brief facts of the case as recorded by the Family Court reads as under:-

'The marriage between the parties was solemnized on 02.07.1979 according to Hindu rites and ceremonies at village Shekhupura Khalsa, Tehsil Gharaunda, District Kamal and a female child was born from the wed-lock. The behaviour of the respondent was not good towards the petitioner and his family members and she started pressurizing the petitioner to separate from his family as she was not willing to live in a joint family. The respondent used to quarrel with the petitioner and his family members on one pretext or the other. The appellant was not in a position to separate from his family as his elder brother and his wife were also living in a joint family along with his parents. Also the peti