BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT Date of Reserved 26.11.2025 Date of Pronounced 23.01.2026 CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE P.VELMURUGAN AND THE HONOURABLE MS.JUSTICE R.POORNIMA C.M.A.(MD)No.174 of 2020 and C.M.P(MD)No.2997 of 2020 Muthunachiar : Appellant/Respondent Vs.

Muthuraja : Respondent/Petitioner PRAYER: Civil Miscellaneous Appeal filed under Section 19 (1) of the Family Courts Act, 1984, against the order, dated 31.01.2020 made in HMOP No.111 of 2014 on the file of the Family Court, Virudhunagar District at Srivilliputtur and allow this Civil Miscellaneous Appeal.

For Appellant : Mr.S.Srinivasaraghavan for Mr.Muthumalai For Respondent : Mr.M.Jegadeesh Pandian

JUDGMENT

(Judgment of this Court was delivered by R.POORNIMA, J.

This Civil Miscellaneous Appeal is filed against the order and decretal order dated 31.01.2020 made in HMOP No.111 of 2014 on the file of the Family Court, Virudhunagar District at Srivilliputtur.

2.Brief case of the petition before the lower Court is as follows:

(i) The appellant / respondent is the wife and the respondent/petitioner is the husband. The marriage between the petitioner and the respondent was solemnized, on 25.06.2004 at Sivakasi Sr