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2026 Supreme(Online)(Ker) 1221

IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
DEVAN RAMACHANDRAN, M.B. SNEHALATHA, JJ
JOJO.K.MATHEW – Appellant
Versus
REENA MATHEW – Respondent


Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: SMT.G.VIDYA
For the Respondents: SRI.ROY CHACKO

Table of Content
1. grounds for seeking divorce based on marital issues. (Para 2 , 3 , 5)
2. respondent's rebuttal and assertion of a consummated marriage. (Para 11 , 13 , 14)
3. legal standards for establishing divorce grounds. (Para 15)
4. final ruling on the merits of the appeal. (Para 18)

JUDGMENT

M.B.Snehalatha.J In this appeal filed by the husband, he challenges the judgment and decree of Family Court, Mavelikkara in O.P.No.873/2015, declining the relief of divorce sought by him under Section 10 (1)(vii) and (x) of the Divorce Act, 1869 . Though originally, he sought divorce under (1)(iii), (iv), (v), (vii) and (x) of the Divorce Act, subsequently the Original Petition was amended and the grounds under (1)

(iii), (iv) and (v) were deleted.

2. The appellant/husband filed the original petition seeking divorce, stating that his marriage with the respondent was solemnized on 11.9.2014 in accordance with the Christian religious rites and customs; that from the very first day of the marital life, respondent behaved in a strange manner; that she seemed to be nervous, frightened and tensed. She was in the habit of spending more time in the bathroom and was always gloomy and inactive. She

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