IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Reserved on 10.02.2025 Pronounced on: 24.02.2025 SHIV KUMAR ...Appellant Versus KAVITA SHARMA ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH HON’BLE MRS. JUSTICE SUKHVINDER KAUR Present:- Mr. G.S. Ghumman, Advocate for appellant.

Mr. Shobit Phutela, Advocate for respondent.

SUDHIR SINGH, J.

Challenge in the present appeal is to the judgment and decree dated 18.08.2018 passed by the learned Additional District Judge, Kaithal (for short‘the trial Court’), whereby the petition under Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (for short‘the Act’) filed by the appellant-husband was dismissed.

2. The aforesaid petition had been filed by the appellant- wife, inter-alia, pleading therein that his marriage with the respondent-wife was solemnized on 17.04.1998 as per Hindu rites and out of the said wedlock, two daughters and one son were born. It was further alleged that in 2001, the respondent-wife deserted the appellant-husband without any reason and started living with her parents. She joined his company in 2005, but again deserted him and she along with the two daughters, started living at Kurukshetra with her parents. In 2006, wh