1. We have noticed certain shortfalls in the proceedings which cannot be overlooked. To obtain relief under the Divorce Act , 1869, for short, 'the Act', the conditions set out in the provisions of 'the Act' must be strictly complied by the parties. The Act is applicable to the parties who profess Christian religion. However, if one of the parties profess Christian faith it would give jurisdiction to the Court to give relief under 'the Act'. Dissolution of a marriage is a serious thing, and the Court trying matrimonial cases should carefully follow the provisions of 'the Act'. The grounds on which a Christian marriage may be dissolved have been set forth in S.10 of "the Act". S.11 makes it obligatory on a husband, in a petition for dissolution of mar