Common Judgment:

(per V.Ramasubramanian, J.)

Aggrieved by the dismissal of his own petition for annulment of marriage and the grant of a decree for restitution of conjugal rights at the instance of his wife, the husband has come up with the above appeals.

2. We have heard Mr. Y.V.N. Narayana Rao, learned counsel appearing for the appellant (husband) in both the appeals and Mr. P.Veera Reddy, learned Senior Counsel appearing for the respondent (wife).

3. The marriage of the petitioner and the respondent was solemnized on 31-01-2007 according to Hindu customary rites. Within 18 months of the solemnisation of the marriage, the appellant/husband filed a petition in O.P.No.95 of 2008 seeking annulment of the marriage on the ground that the respondent/wife did not allow him to have conjugal relationship and that when he took her for treatment, she was found to be suffering from Schizoform illness and that the enquiries revealed that the respondent/wife had been taking treatment for schizoid, making her unfit for sexual relationship and that the suppression of the same tantamounted to fraud, making the marriage liable to be annulled under Section 12 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955.

4. The resp