BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT

DATED : 29.10.2025

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.VELMURUGAN

and

THE HONOURABLE MRS.JUSTICE L.VICTORIA GOWRI

C.M.A.(MD)No.555 of 2021

Arumugam ... Appellant / Petitioner

Vs.

Sankaran ... Respondent / Respondent

PRAYER: Civil Miscellaneous Appeal filed under Section 19 of Family Court Act, 1984, to set aside the judgment and decree dated 14.05.2019 made in H.M.O.P.No.175 of 2018 on the file of the learned Family Court,

Tirunelveli.

For Appellant : Mr.V.M.Jegadeesha Pandian

Respondent : No appearance

JUDGMENT

(Judgment of the Court was made by L.VICTORIA GOWRI, J.)

This Civil Miscellaneous Appeal is directed against the judgment

and decree passed in H.M.O.P. No.175 of 2018 on the file of the learned Family Court, Tirunelveli, whereby the petition filed by the appellant-

wife seeking dissolution of marriage with the respondent-husband came to be dismissed.

2. For the sake of convenience, the parties are referred to as “wife”

and “husband”.

Prologue:

3. Marriage, in our constitutional and social framework, is not merely a private contract between two individuals but a foundational institution of the family, resting on mutual trust, companionship and fidel