JUDGMENT

Amit Rawal, J.

1. The present appeal is directed against the judgment and decree dated 16.03.2023 rendered in O.P.No.1130/2021 whereby claim of the appellant/husband for declaration and compensation in respect of the marriage contracted on 22.12.2017 with the respondent, has been dismissed.

2. In the aforementioned petition, appellant/petitioner by referring the date of marriage as 22.12.2017 alleged that after the marriage he was working abroad and as decided between the couple, the appellant would go back to his place of employment after the marriage. At the time of marriage, the petitioner had given a gold chain weighing 6 sovereigns to the respondent as Mehar. During his stay outside the country, he had to meet educational expenses of the respondent for the T.T.I. course. Respondent had some issues with the family and the appellant necessitating the appellant to come back on 16.02.2020. A meeting of two families was proposed to be conducted on 15.03.2020, but the said meeting did not entail into positive result as the respondent by that time had enabled to seek employment in Government Girls School, perinthalmanna.

3. On 09.07.2021, respondent issued a communication by pr