IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT: HYDERABAD HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE K. LAKSHMAN AND HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE B.R.MADHUSUDHAN RAO FAMILY COURT APP EAL NO. 238 OF 2024 Date:30.03.2026 Between xxxxxxxxxxxx …..Appellant and xxxxxxxxxxxxx …….Respondent This Court delivered the following:-

JUDGMENT: (Per Hon’ble Sri Justice K. Lakshman)

Heard Mrs. Nandita Guha, learned counsel for the appellant.

None appears for respondent.

2. This appeal is filed by the appellant - wife aggrieved by the order dated 04.05.2024 passed in OP No.803 of 2005 by the learned Family Court – cum – XIII Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge, Hyderabad.

3. The appellant – wife filed the aforesaid OP No.803 of 2005 under Section 7 of the Family Courts Act, 1984 (for short, ‘the Act, 1984’) and Section 9 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, (for short, ‘the Act, 1955’) initially against respondent No.1 seeking a declaration that she is his wife and a direction to him to join her conjugal society with the following contentions:-

i. The appellant and 1^st respondent are Hindus by religion. Their marriage was solemnized on 06.02.1991 by a reputed purohit. It was love marriage.

ii. After the marriage, she joined marital lif