JUDGMENT :

Pradeep Kumar Srivastava, J.

1. This first appeal has been preferred against the judgment and order dated 01.11.2017, passed by Principal Judge, Family court, Varanasi, in Divorce Petition No. 1310 of 2016 (Rajesh Kumar Srivastava vs. Manisha Srivastava), under Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act, by which the petition for divorce, though proceeded ex-parte, has been dismissed.

2. A petition was filed by the appellant-petitioner before the Family court seeking divorce under Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act, stating that both the parties are married according to Hindu religion, rituals and traditions. The respondent-opposite party after marriage came to her matrimonial house and discharged her matrimonial obligations. The appellant-petitioner from the very beginning gave her love and affection but the respondent-opposite party was very ambitious, arrogant and obstinate by nature.Her behaviour was always aloof and she avoided her family responsibility. Whenever his parents and close relatives came, instead of welcoming them, she used to deliberately insult him before them. Even then he continued accommodating her without any complaints. She, however, remained quarrelsome