JUDGMENT
The husband Petitioner seeks the dissolution of the marriage celebrated between himself and the Respondent and prays for the following:
(a) An Order dissolving the marriage.
(b) An Order for the Respondent to vacate the matrimonial home.
(c) Consequential orders on the settlement of property as per Paragraph 7 of the Petition. The said Paragraph lists the properties acquired in the course of the marriage.
The Respondent who lives outside the jurisdiction was served with the Petition on 11th February 2014 but she neither entered appearance nor filed an answer as per the search reports filed on 12th May 2014 and 27th January 2015. She was accordingly served with hearing notice after the case had been set down for trial but she failed to appear in court on the said date and the hearing commenced in her absence.
The testimony of the Petitioner is that when the Respondent failed to conceive after the marriage, they sought medical intervention including three attempts at inv…