The present appeal is preferred by the wife assailing the

judgment and decree dated 18.08.2014 in MC No.8/2012 on

the file of the learned Principal Senior Civil Judge & CJM,

Haveri, whereby the petition filed by the husband and under

Section 9 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (for short, ‘Act’)

has been allowed.

2.

During the pendency of the appeal, the matter

was referred to the Mediation Centre, High Court of

Karnataka, Dharwad Bench. It appears that though the

parties were willing to settle the issue but could not arrive at

consensus settlement and matter was referred back to this

Court.

3.

After hearing the matter for sometime at the

request of learned counsel for the parties, the matter was

adjourned to explore the possibility of amicable settlement.

Subsequently, the dispute came to be settled with the

intervention of well-wishers and the counsel for both the

parties.

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4.

Though the present appeal is directed against the

granting of restitution of conjugal rights, the parties have

filed memorandum of petition under Section 13B(1) of the

Act seeking for divorce by mutual consent and the same is

accepted in view of the pendency of the dispute since 2012

and to resol