Sharad Kumar Sharma, J.

1. These are the two appeals. Appeal No. 127 of 2017 is preferred by the wife, Smt. Reshu Dudeja whereas, Appeal No. 122 is preferred by the husband, Deepak Dudeja. For the purposes of convenience, Appeal No. 127 of 2017 is taken as a leading appeal.

2. In the principal Suit, being Suit No. 42 of 2015, Sri Deepak Dudeja vs. Smt. Reshu Batra, where an issue with regard to the dissolution of marriage between the parties to the Suit as held on 5th January, 2000, is a subject matter of consideration.

3. It was pleaded in the suit that as a consequence of the marriage and the relationship between the husband and wife, the appellant No. 2, i.e. son Manav Dudeja was born on 26th May, 2001. At the time, when the controversy arose, the son Manav Dudeja was studying in a School at Dehradun called as Doon International School and was a student of Class-X.

4. Primarily, the suit for dissolution of marriage was filed by Deepak Dudeja, on the ground of desertion and cruelty. Although, some of the grounds which has been taken in the principal Suit has also been pleaded in the application filed by the defendant appellant under Section 24 of the Hindu Marriage Act befo