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16. In Rayden on Divorce Eighth Edition, it has been stated at page 110 that averment proof of impotency quoad hunc or quoad hanc is sufficient to support a decree for nullity of marriage. In Jagdish Kumar v. Smt. Sita devi, AIR 1963 Punj 114, a learned Judge of this Court held that even after a fair trial has been given by the wife, if the husband utterly fails in his primary marital duty, he should be regarded as impotent under Section 12(1)(a) of the Act right from the time of his marriage till the institution of the proceedings for its annulment. The learned Judge observed in that case that the appellant had demonstrated his impotency qua the respondent.