P. VADAMALAI
Ashok @ Premnath – Appellant
Versus
S. Usha Bhuvanaswari – Respondent
JUDGMENT (COMMON)
These Civil Miscellaneous Second Appeals are preferred against the common judgment and decree dated 07.12.2019 made in H.M.C.M.A.Nos.3 of 2019 and 4 of 2019 on the file of the Additional District Court (FTC), Paramakudi, confirming the common judgment and decree dated 18.01.2019 passed in H.M.O.P.Nos.16 of 2017 and 40 of 2017 on the file of the Subordinate Court, Mudukulathoor.
2. The appellant is the husband and the respondent is the wife.
3. The appellant is petitioner in H.M.O.P.No.16 of 2017 and respondent in H.M.O.P.No.40 of 2017 on the file of the Subordinate Court, Mudukulathoor.
4. For the sake convenience, the parties are referred as petitioner/husband and respondent/wife as adopted in H.M.O.P.No.16 of 2017 on the file of the Subordinate Court, Mudukulathoor.
5. It is the case of the petitioner that the petitioner and the respondent are husband and wife and their marriage was solemnized on 27.08.2015.At the time of marriage 17 sovereign gold jewels and seer articles were given. After marriage, the petitioner and the respondent were living happily for 10 days. Thereafter, the respondent used to talk frequently through cellphone and insisted the petitioner
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