RANCHI, India, Jan. 3 -- Jharkhand High Court issued the following order on Dec. 2:

1. The instant appeal under Section 19(1) of the Family Court Act, 1984 is directed against the order/judgment dated 9th May, 2024 and decree signed on 16th May, 2024 passed by the learned Additional Principal Judge, Additional Family Court No. 2, Jamshedpur in Original Suit No. 699 of 2017, whereby and whereunder, the suit filed by the petitionerappellant [husband] for dissolution of marriage by decree of divorce u/s 13(1)(i-a)(i-b) of Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 against respondent/wife, has been dismissed.

2. The brief facts of the case leading to filing of the divorce petition by the appellant-petitioner, as taken note in the impugned order as emanated from the plaints, needs to be referred herein, which as under:

3. The marriage of the appellant and respondent was solemnized according to Hindu custom and rights in the year 1984 at Jamshedpur with the consent of both the parties. After consummation of marriage, out of their wedlock one daughter was begotten who has been married to well to do family and she is leading peacefully conjugal life.

4. It is stated that since they have no male issue as such with the consent of both the parties, one male child was adopted in the year 2004, who was imparted education in Shyan International School, Jamshedpur. It is further stated that till May 2015 the conjugal life of both spouse continued peacefully.

5. It is further submitted that with full trust and confidence, the petitioner-husband [appellant herein] purchased land and house in the name of respondent-wife. After 2015, due to paucity of fund and financial crisis on the part of petitioner, he was forced to cut short his normal day to day expenses to pace with the emergent situation prevalent at that time but it is alleged that the respondent did not agree and was not ready to cope with the petitioner to such situation and behaved rudely and became very quarrelsome, crafty, cantankerous and nagging house wife and started quarreling with the petitioner on very frail, frazile and flimsy manner, hence the life of petitioner was not only deserted but was very rueful, heart rending, harrowing and relentless. It is stated that the petitioner was forced to digest the rude behaviour taking his prestige and his family and averting any untoward incident which he apprehended from respondent but gradually the respondent started showing rough and blunt behaviour towards the petitioner because she has different attitude, in-disciplined and non-cooperative in every matter related to household affairs and she used to go outside the house and remained outside for several hours and on query the respondent quarrelled and challenged to do so as per her choice. Not only this she started abusing and using filthy language number of times.

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