Cruelty

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Utt HC | Instances of cruelty not taken in isolation but cumulative effect thereof considered; divorce petition rejected 

Uttaranchal High Court: The Division Bench of Alok Singh and Ravindra Maithani, JJ. contemplated the present appeal filed by the appellant-husband, where the

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Utt HC | Power under S. 482 CrPC should not be exercised to stifle legitimate trial and in cases where facts are hazy; criminal application dismissed

Uttaranchal High Court: N.S. Dhanik, J. contemplated a criminal application for quashing of the FIR filed against the applicant-husband by his wife

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Utt HC | Non-disclosure of major ailments before marriage amounts to ‘cruelty’ although the aliments itself are no grounds for divorce; dissolution of marriage upheld

Uttaranchal High Court: A Division Bench of Sudhanshu Dhulia and Ramesh Chandra Khulbe, JJ. entertained an appeal by the appellant-wife under Section

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All HC | Sex against order of nature, against the wishes of wife – a criminal offence and marital wrong amounting to cruelty, which is a ground for dissolution of marriage

Allahabad High Court: A Division Bench of Shashi Kant Gupta and Pradeep Kumar Srivastava, JJ. affirmed the Judgment of lower court granting

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Del HC | Charges under Ss. 306 and 498-A IPC are independent of each-other; discharge under one does not ipso facto amount to acquittal for another

Delhi High Court: Sanjeev Sachdeva, J. dismissed a criminal revision petition filed against the order of the trial court whereby charge under Section

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Utt HC | Physically assaulting husband’s mother also amounts to ‘mental cruelty’ and is a legitimate ground for divorce

Uttaranchal High Court: A Division Bench of Sudhanshu Dhulia and R.C. Khube, JJ. entertained an appeal filed against the impugned judgment and

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Woman driven out of matrimonial home can file case under Section 498-A from the place she has taken shelter at [Full Report]

Supreme Court: The 3-judge bench of Ranjan Gogoi, CJ and L. Nageswara Rao and SK Kaul, JJ delivered a very important judgment

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Del HC | Divorce granted on ground of cruelty set aside for non-fulfilment of requirements of Rule 7 of Hindu Marriage Rules

Delhi High Court: A Bench of Jyoti Singh and G.S. Sistani, JJ., allowed an appeal filed by the appellant-wife against the judgment of

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Del HC | Mere bickering doesn’t constitute offence under Ss. 304-B and 498-A IPC; in laws living in separate house discharged

Delhi High Court: Sanjeev Sachdeva, J., allowed a petition filed by in-laws of the deceased (wife) against the order of the trial court

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Del HC | Specificities of date and time not necessary in divorce petition under S. 13(1)(i-a) HMA, where wife leads evidence

Delhi High Court: The Division Bench of G.S. Sistani and Jyoti Singh, JJ., directed a divorce decree sheet to be drawn up in

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Bom HC | “Consensual Sexual Gay Relationship” of a married man — Ground for divorce; not an offence under S. 377 IPC

Bombay High Court: The Bench of Mridula Bhatkar, J. quashed and set aside the order passed by Additional Sessions Judge,  refusing to

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Del HC | Section 498-A IPC is continuing offence; wife not barred to claim maintenance under DV Act even after 3 years

Delhi High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Mukta Gupta, J. dismissed a criminal writ petition filed by the husband praying quashing

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Madras HC considers irretrievable breakdown of marriage as a valid ground for divorce

Madras High Court: A Bench comprising of V.M. Vellumani, J. has held in the case of matrimonial dispute regarding the irretrievable breakdown

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Repeated attempts by wife to commit suicide amounts to extreme cruelty; divorce granted

Delhi High Court: A Division Bench comprising of G.S. Sistani and Jyoti Singh, JJ. dismissed an appeal against the judgment of Family Court

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Maintenance application followed by a complaint for cruelty indicates weak evidence: Chhattisgarh HC

Chhattisgarh High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Vimla Singh Kapoor, J. dismissed a revision petition on account of it lacking

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No wife will ever in defense plead an act of forced sodomy to allege cruelty against her husband; such act of ‘cruelty’ need not be backed by evidence: Uttaranchal HC

Uttaranchal High Court: A Division Judge Bench comprising of Sharad Kumar Sharma and Sudhanshu Dhulia, JJ. declared that denial of cruelty by

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Husband acquitted from charge of abetting wife’s suicide on absence of instigation or provocation

Calcutta High Court: A Division Bench comprising of Md. Mumtaz Khan and Jay Sengupta, JJ. partly allowed the appeal of the appellant-husband

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Court not empowered to dissolve marriage on the ground of irretrievable breakdown: Delhi HC

Delhi High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of J.R. Midha, J. dismissed the appeal filed by the appellant-husband against the order

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Using consent for dissolution of marriage to gain advantage in other litigations constitute ‘cruelty’ under Hindu Marriage Act  

Delhi High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Rajiv Sahai Endlaw, J. allowed an appeal filed under Section 28 of Hindu

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Conviction under Sections 498-A and 306 IPC maintained; held leniency to the same would be misplaced: SC

Supreme Court: The Bench comprising of R. Banumathi and Vineet Saran, JJ., ordered for refusal of modification in quantum of sentence as