As per case facts, the petitioner-husband filed a petition for divorce under Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act, citing cruelty and desertion by his wife. He alleged that his ... wife left the matrimonial home without permission and failed to perform household duties. The trial court granted a divorce based on desertion. The appellant-wife challenged this judgment, arguing that the evidence was not properly considered and that she was forced to leave the matrimonial home. She also claimed the husband had remarried. The question arose whether the petitioner-husband successfully proved desertion by the respondent-wife, including the animus deserendi and the absence of reasonable cause for her departure, given his vague pleadings, lack of efforts for restitution of conjugal rights, and the wife's uncontroverted claim of his alleged second marriage. Finally, the High Court found the husband's pleadings vague regarding desertion, noting his failure to make efforts to bring his wife back or seek restitution of conjugal rights. Significantly, the wife's claim that the husband was living with another woman, which was not disputed by him, was deemed a valid reason for her not residing in the matrimonial home. Thus, the High Court concluded that the trial court erred in accepting the desertion plea, allowing the wife's appeal, and dismissing the husband's divorce petition.