was diagnosed as D.M.D. and on account of the aforesaid disease, he was unable to move but the defendant/respondent was not providing any treatment to him. On the contrary, he used to say that the plaintiff/appellant was responsible for the illness of their son. He always returned home inebriated and when the plaintiff/appellant objected, he used to beat her. Under the influence of alcohol, he indulged in such cruel behaviour that he used to ease himself in the kitchen and on several occasion, he used to spit in the mouth of the plaintiff/appellant forcibly after pulling her hair as a result of which she used to vomit. The ill-treatment of the plaintiff/appellant by the defendant/respondent increased with the passage of time on account of which she suffered tremendous mental and physical agony and a situation was created when it became impossible for her to live with the defendant/respondent as his wife. For the reason of his having become alcoholic, he was neither able to perform his conjugal duties nor maintain his family and the plaintiff/respondent had become extremely insecure because of her cruel treatment by the defendant/respondent. Although the plaintiff/appellant tried her level best to save her married life and even took the defendant/respondent to the hospital for treatment with her family members to help him in getting rid of his habit of drinking but without any success. Since two years preceding the filing of the matrimonial petition, no physical relation of any kind existed between them and it was impossible for her to live with the defendant/respondent as she apprehended danger to her life from him and since there was an irretrievable breakdown of the marital relationship, she was left with no option but to file the petition for divorce.
