SUMAN vs RAJBIR MATHUR

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on: 13.10.2025 Judgment pronounced on: 29.10.2025 + MAT.APP.(F.C.) 87/2016 SUMAN .....Appellant Through: Mr. Shailender Dahiya, Advocate. versus RAJBIR MATHUR .....Respondent Through: Mr. Dilip Singh, Advocate. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KSHETARPAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH VAIDYANATHAN SHANKAR JUDGMENT HARISH VAIDYANATHAN SHANKAR, J. 1. The present Appeal, filed under Section 19 of the Family Courts Act, 1984, assails the Judgment & Decree dated 09.05.20161 passed by the learned Principal Judge, Family Courts, Rohini, New Delhi2 in case bearing HMA No. 509 of 2009 (re-numbered as HMA No. 596/2014), titled ‘Rajbir Mathur v. Suman’, whereby the marriage between the Appellant-Wife and the Respondent-Husband was dissolved under Section 13(1)(ib) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 19553. 1 Impugned Judgement. 2 Family Court. 3 HMA. Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:HARVINDER KAUR BHATIA MAT.APP.(F.C.) 87/2016 Page 1 of 21 Signing Date:31.10.2025 17:03:11 BRIEF FACTS: 2. The material facts necessary for consideration in the present matter are summarized as under: (a) The parties to the present proceedings were lawfully united in matrimony on 24.12.1993, in accordance with Hindu rites and ceremonies. Out of the said wedlock, two children were born - a daughter, Priya, on 23.06.1995, and a son, Vaibhav, on 18.05.1996. (b) The Respondent-Husband instituted a petition for dissolution of marriage under Sections 13(1)(ia) and 13(1)(ib) of the HMA on 15.07.2009, alleging cruelty and desertion on the part of the Appellant-Wife. It was the case of the Respondent-husband that the Appellant-Wife exhibited a quarrelsome and cantankerous disposition from the very inception of the matrimonial alliance, and that she ha