JUDGMENT :

1. Heard Sri Tarun Agarwal, holding brief of Sri Pankaj Agarwal, learned counsel for the appellant.

2. Present appeal has been filed against the judgment and order dated 18.10.2019 passed by Principal Judge, Family Court, Moradabad in Case No. 492 of 2015.

3. The plaintiff is the appellant herein. He filed an application under Section 13 (1) (ia) (ib) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 before the court of Principal Judge, Family Court, Moradabad, numbered as Complaint Case No. 492 of 2015. The said petition was dismissed vide order dated 18.10.2019. Aggrieved by the same, present appeal has been filed.

4. The plaintiff-appellant solemnized first marriage with Anuradha on 15.11.1989 as per Hindu Customs and Rites. The said marriage was dissolved on 31.05.2007. After that plaintiff solemnized his second marriage on 21.11.2007 with the respondent herein. The first husband of the respondent herein had died and she has two children out of the wedlock with the first husband. During the marriage, the first husband has adopted one girl child namely, Astha, she is living with the plaintiff-appellant. Both the appellant and the respondents were doctors and they lived in District Budaun a