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5. I have heard Sh. Bhupinder Gupta, learned Senior Advocate appearing on behalf of the wife and Sh. Kuldip Singh, learned Senior Advocate appearing on behalf of the husband.

6. The main contention of Sh. Bhupinder Gupta is that there is nothing on record to show that the wife is impotent and therefore the marriage could not have been annulled under Section 12(a) of the Act. He further submits that even if it be presumed that the wife is suffering from certain physical defects, the said defects are curable and at best what can be said is that the wife is sterile but it cannot be said that she is impotent. He also submits that no fraud has been committed on the husband. According to him the version of the husband cannot be believed since he continued to live with the wife for about two months after the marriage without any murmur or voice of dissent. He also submits that the husband has led no evidence to show that any inquiry was made from the wife or her family members about state of her health prior to the marriage.