JUDGMENT :

M.G.Priyadarsini, J.

The appellant herein is the husband and the respondent is his wife. He filed O.P.No.11 of 2010 on the file of Senior Civil Judge, Zaheerabad under Section 13(1) (i-a) and (i-b) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (for short ‘the Act’) against the respondent – wife seeking divorce on the grounds of ‘cruelty’ and ‘desertion’.

2. Vide the impugned order and decree dated 24.06.2014, the learned Trial Judge dismissed the petition. Assailing the same, the present appeal is filed by the husband.

3. The parties will be referred to as per their array in the original petition for the sake of convenience.

4. Petition averments: The case of the appellant/petitioner – husband is that he married the respondent on 09.05.2001 at Nagareshwar Temple, Humnabad Town, Bidar District, Karnataka State, and that they lived together till 10.01.2008

(i) That the respondent is sadist in nature apart from being adamant. The respondent used to harass the petitioner and behave cruelly saying that she is highly educated than the petitioner and earning more than the petitioner.

(ii) That the respondent used to frequently visit her mother’s house at Humnabad. As they do not have children, resp