CAV JUDGMENT

(Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S. B. PD. SINGH)

Date : 17-01-2025

Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the appellant. However, none appears on behalf of the respondent.

2. The present appeal has been filed under Section 19(1) of the Family Court Act, 1984 impugning the judgment dated 11.04.2017 passed by learned Principal Judge, Family Court, Kisanganj in Matrimonial Case No. 145 of 2012, whereby the matrimonial suit, preferred by the appellant-husband, for a decree of divorce, on dissolution of marriage, on the ground of cruelty and desertion, has been dismissed and a cost of Rs. 5000/- was imposed on the appellant-husband to be paid to the respondent-wife.

3. The case of the appellant-husband as per petition filed before the Family Court is that the marriage of the appellant-husband with respondent-wife was solemnized on 12.05.2009 at Kishanganj as per Hindu rites and rituals. Since the beginning of marriage, the behaviour of the respondent-wife towards the appellant-husband was not amicable as she was always creating nuisance for going “Naihar” (parental place) and she was pressurizing the appellant-husband to sell the property of Kishanganj and to settle at Gulabb