Devan Ramachandran , J.

The appellant sought a decree of divorce from the respondent – her husband, by filing OP No.568/2019 on the files of the learned Family Court, Kozhikode. She alleged that she was being subjected to gross cruelty by the respondent; and also disclosed to the learned Family Court that she had filed MC No.36/2019 against him, under the provisions of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act (DV Act). She contended that her husband had been treating her with cruelty throughout their matrimony and that such was not merely physical, but also that caused unbearable psychological trauma. She alleged that the respondent was a man with a suspicious frame of mind and that he had made allegations against her, that she was involved with other men, thus inflicting severe sc