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CASE NO.:

Appeal (civil) 140 of 2002

PETITIONER:

G.V.N. KAMESWARA RAO

Vs.

RESPONDENT:

G. JABILLI

DATE OF JUDGMENT: 10/01/2002

BENCH:

D.P. Mohapatra & K.G. Balakrishnan

JUDGMENT:

K.G. Balakrishnan, J.

Leave granted.

The husband who had been unsuccessfully fighting litigation for the past

more than 15 years for snapping his marital ties with the respondent wife is the

appellant before us. The appellant is double doctorate holder -- one in

Mathematics from Andhra University and another from U.S.A., and had been

working in United States during the relevant period. The respondent is a post-

graduate in Home Science and was working as a lecturer in the year 1979. The

appellant came to India in 1979 and gave advertisement in the newspaper

seeking matrimonial alliance from a suitable bride. The relatives of the

respondent responded to the advertisement and there was mutual consultation

between the parties, which led to the marriage of the appellant with the

respondent on 30.7.1979. After the marriage, the appellant and respondent

stayed together for some period and thereafter, the appellant lef