Chennai Court October 2006 Judgments

Jyothi Ammal and Minor A. Sasikumar Vs. K. Anjan

Court: Chennai

Reported in: I(2007)DMC756

R. Balasubramanian, J.1. The earlier appeal is against the decree of the Family Court, Chennai in O.P. No. 950/1988 granting the relief of divorce at the instance of the husband and the latter appeal is against the decree of the Family Court in O.S. No. 79/1990 rejecting wife's claim for past maintenance and future maintenance. Wife is the appellant in the earlier appeal and wife and her son are the appellants in the latter appeal. Heard Mr. S. Subbiah learned Counsel appearing for the appellant/appellants and Mr. S. Gunalan learned Counsel for the respondent in each appeal. 2. Even at the outset, we want to state that we are dealing with a painful subject of deciding an issue between husband and wife revolving around wife's chastity. A learned Judge of this Court in the judgment reported in 1983 (1) M.L.J.395 (Ramanathan v. Subbulakshmi) had held as hereunder:Trial of divorce cases might have now-a-days almost become a routine, like promissory note suits. Even so, in the trial and und...