IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH **** F.A.O. No. M-77 of 2010 Date of Decision:15.09.2010 Niranjan Singh .....Applicant Vs. Amarjit Kaur .....Respondent CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present:- Mr. Naveen Batra, Advocate for the appellant. **** This is an appeal against the judgment and decree of the learned Court below whereby petition filed by the appellant- husband seeking divorce has been dismissed as his defence was struck off on account of non- payment of amount of maintenance as fixed by the learned Court. Eversince the appeal was listed for the first time in this Court on 22.2.2010, number of opportunities were granted to the counsel for the appellant to seek instructions from the appellant as to whether he is ready and willing to clear the amount of maintenance or not. Today, learned counsel for the appellant fairly stated that the appellant is not in a position to clear the maintenance amount. Considering the aforesaid fact, the present appeal is dismissed. September 15, 2010 ( RAJESH BINDAL ) renu JUDGE