[Judgment was delivered by L.VICTORIA GOWRI, J.

This Civil Miscellaneous Appeal is filed against the order dated 14.08.2018, passed in Special Marriage O.P.No.16 of 2014, on the file of the Family Court, Tiruchirappalli.

2.The appellant herein is the husband of the respondent who challenges the order of the Family Court, Tiruchirappalli in Special Marriage O.P.No.16 of 2014 by which the learned Family Judge had dissolved the marriage between the parties.

3.The respondent had moved the Family Court alleging that she is a Hindu and the appellant herein is a Muslim and that, they chose to marry under the Special Marriage Act, 1954 and that, the marriage was solemnized on 22.10.1992. The core allegation has been that after marriage, the appellant/respondent had forced the respondent to convert to Islam and that, she was also forced to change her 'Thali'. While the respondent/wife was working as a Station Master, her husband was jobless. During marriage, the respondent was given 100 sovereigns of gold jewelry besides giving 5 sovereigns of gold jewelry the appellant as dowry. However, when the matrimony progressed, the appellant started to take alcohol and began beating his wife. In that p