Harjeet Kaur vs Satpal Singh - 2023 Supreme(P&H) 1932

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2023 Supreme(P&H) 1932

RITU BAHRI, MANISHA BATRA
Harjeet Kaur – Appellant
Versus
Satpal Singh – Respondent

Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
For the Petitioner: Mr.Mohd.Yousuf
For the Respondent: Mr.Ankur Bansal

JUDGMENT :

Ritu Bahri, J.

By way of filing the present appeal, the appellant-wife is seeking setting aside of judgment and decree dated 15.10.2015 passed by Addl. District Judge, Jalandhar, whereby petition filed by respondent-husband under section 13 of the HINDU MARRIAGE ACT , 1955 (for short ‘Act 1955'), for dissolution of marriage between the parties by a decree of divorce on the grounds of cruelty and desertion, has been allowed.

2. Brief facts of the case as stated by the respondent-husband in the Court below are that the marriage between the parties was solemnized on 18.11.1990 according to Hindu rites and ceremonies at Una. After marriage, they lived together as husband and wife. However, the appellant-wife refused to life in a joint family. She did not want the respondent to start his medical practice in Village Oel, District Una where his family was residing. She abstained from doing her household chores. She never treated the parents of the respondent with respect. In January, 1992, the appellant-wife left the company of respondent when the appellant was in family way. She gave birth to a male child at her parent's village Hazara, District Jalandhar. The respondent after t