IN THE HIGH COURT OF BOMBAY AT GOA MISC.CIVIL APPLICATION (MAIN) NO. 119 OF 2008 SMT. SHAHEEN SHAIKH ... Appellant Versus SHRI. SHAMSHUL ARFEEN SHAIKH ... Respondent Mr. J. Godinho, Advocate for the Applicant. Coram:- N. A. BRITTO, J. Date:- 3rd July, 2008 P.C.:- Heard Mr. J. Godinho, learned Counsel on behalf of the Applicant. The Respondent was duly served but has chosen to remain absent. The marriage between the Applicant and the Respondent has been dissolved by Decree of Divorce granted on the ground of ill treatment, by the learned Principal Civil Judge, Jr. Division, Dharwad in O.S. No.236/2006. The Applicant and the Respondent were married in the State of Goa and their marriage is registered under No.408/2002 before the Civil Registrar at Panaji. This application has been filed for ratification of the said Judgment/Decree and for a direction to the Civil Registrar to cancel the said registration. I have heard Mr. J. Godinho, learned Counsel on behalf of the Applicant in support of the application. As regards the maintainability of this application before this Court, learned Counsel has placed reliance on several Judgments of this Court including the Judgments of the Division Bench in the case of Joao Gloria Pires v. Mrs. Ana Joaquina Rodrigues e Pires and another(AIR 1967 Goa, Daman and Diu 113) and Saturnino Epifanio Ralph Barros v. Tina Noronha a Barros and another(2000(2) Goa L.T. 361). He has also relied upon several Judgments of the Single Judge which include Judgments dated 6-12-2001 in Miscellaneous Civil Application No.528 of 2001, 15-9-2006 in Miscellaneous Civil Application No.317 of 2006 and last but not the least Judgment dated 23-8-2007 in Miscellaneous Civil Application(Main) No.507 of 2007. In the light of the said Judgments and since the Respondent has chosen not to contest the present application, the application is bound to succeed as a result of which the Judgment of the learned Principal Civil Judge, Jr. Division, Dharwad in O.S. No.236/2006 dated 21-4-2007 is hereby ratified and the Civil Registrar, Panaji is hereby directed to cancel the registration of the marriage between the Applicant and the Respondent under entry No.408/2002. N. A. BRITTO, J. RD.