THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE GODA RAGHURAM AND THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE G.CHANDRAIAH C.M.A.No. 890 of 2010 Dated: 9-11-2010 Between: Geddam Jayanthi …Appellant and Geddam Bhaskara Rao …Respondent JUDGMENT: (Per Hon’ble Sri Justice Goda Raghuram) This is an appeal by the respondent in O.P.No. 243 of 2007 against the judgment dated 15-3-2010 of the learned Principal Senior Civil Judge, Rajahmundry. The respondent herein filed O.P.No. 243 of 2007 under Section 13(1)(i- a),(i-b) and (ii) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (for short ‘the Act’) for dissolution of the marriage between the parties. The marriage between the parties occurred on 10-12-1975 and out of the wedlock a female child was born on 28-9-1977 and a male child on 14-7-1998. The respondent sought dissolution of the marriage on three grounds; that the appellant herein had disserted him; that the marriage had irretrievably broken down on account of the cruelty of the appellant and that the appellant-wife had converted to Christianity. The court below, on a cogent and critical analysis of the evidence on record, found against the respondent and in favour of the appellant herein on the grounds of cruelty and irretrievable break down of the marriage and desertion by the appellant. However, on the basis of the testimony of their daughter Satya Jyothi, examined as RW2, who admitted to the performance of her marriage on 12-6- 1997 under Christian rites and further admitted that while her father had not converted to Christianity, her mother the appellant herein had converted to Christianity; on the basis of the testimony of PW3, the Pastor of the True Gospel Assembly who testied that the appellant had converted to Christianity and that he had administered baptism to her subsequent to the marriage of her daughter; and in view of Ex.B1 set of photographs which disclose the marriage of her daughter Satya Jyothi having been performed clearly under Christian rites, the Court below came to the conclusion that the appellant-wife had converted to Christianity which is a clear ground for dissolution of the marriage between the parties and accordingly ordered dissolution of the marriage. The learned counsel for the appellant does not seriously canvass the correctness of the findings of the court below with regard to conversion of the appellant to Christianity. As the apostasy is a specified ground for dissolution of marriage under the provisions of Section 13 of the Act, the order of the Court below granting dissolution of marriage between the appellant and the respondent suffers from no error warranting interference. The appeal is accordingly dismissed at the stage of admission. No costs. ________________________ GODA RAGHURAM, J ______________________ G. CHANDRAIAH, J 9th November, 2010 GRR