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REPORTABLE

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

CIVIL APPEAL NO.3253 OF 2008

NARENDRA

… APPELLANT

VERSUS

K. MEENA

… RESPONDENT

J U D G M E N T

ANIL R. DAVE, J.

1.

This appeal has been filed by the Appellant husband, whose

decree for divorce passed by the trial Court has been set aside by the

impugned judgment dated 8^th March, 2006 passed by the High Court

of Karnataka at Bangalore in Miscellaneous First Appeal No.171 of

2002 (FC).

2.

The facts giving rise to the present appeal, in a nutshell, are as

under :

The Respondent wife filed Miscellaneous First Appeal under

Section 28(1) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (hereinafter referred to

as “the Act”) before the High Court as she was aggrieved by the

Digitally signed by

NARENDRA PRASAD

Date: 2016.10.06

16:23:11 IST

Reason:

Signature Not Verified

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judgment and decree dated 17^th November, 2001, passed by the

Principal Judge, Family Court, Bangalore in M.C. No.603 of 1995

under Section 13(1)(ia) of the Act filed by the Appellant husband

seeking divorce.

3.

The Appellant husband had married the Respondent wife on 26^th

February, 1992. Out of the wedloc