IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision: 12.03.2025 Palwinder Kaur ...Appellant Versus Gurpreet Singh ...Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH HON’BLE MRS. JUSTICE SUKHVINDER KAUR Present:- Mr. Deepak Arora, Advocate for the appellant.

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SUDHIR SINGH, J.

Challenge in the present appeal is to the judgment and decree dated 21.11.2024 passed by the Additional Principal Judge, Family Court, Gurdaspur (for short ‘the Family Court’), whereby the petition under Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (for short ‘the Act’) filed by the respondent-husband was allowed and the marriage between the parties was dissolved by a decree of divorce on the grounds of cruelty and desertion. 2. The aforesaid petition had been filed by the respondent-husband, inter-alia, pleading therein that his marriage with the appellant-wife was solemnized on 07.03.2016 as per Sikh rites. No child was born out of this wedlock. It was further alleged that the parties had resided together only for 23 days. The behaviour of the appellant-wife was not good and she refused to accept the respondent as her husband. She used to insult him in the presence of relatives and had ne