JUDGMENT :

1. The present First Appeal, filed under Section 19 of the Family Courts Act, 1984, seeks to set aside the judgment and order dated 02.08.2022, as well as the judgment and decree dated 16.08.2022, passed by the Family Court, Almora in Divorce Petition No. 118 of 2018, Anand Singh vs. Champa Devi . By the judgment and decree dated 16.08.2022, the Family Court has rejected the divorce petition instituted by the appellant/husband under Section 13(1)(i) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955.

2. Brief facts of the case, as per record, are that the marriage between the appellant and the respondent was solemnized on 09.05.1997 according to Hindu rites and customs. Out of the said wedlock, the parties were blessed with two children i.e. one son and one daughter. Due to matrimonial discord, the appellant earlier filed Divorce Petition No. 149 of 2017, in which both parties arrived at a compromise through mediation. Thereafter, the appellant instituted Divorce Petition No. 118 of 2018 on the ground of cruelty, contending inter alia that pursuant to the compromise dated 10.11.2017, the appellant had been depositing rs.1500/- per month in the respondent’s account; that, a separate room, ki