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
Cruelty
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Asking wife to cook properly is not ill-treatment as envisaged in Penal Code
Bombay High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Sarang V. Kotwal, J., dismissed an appeal concerning the aspect of cruelty being
Husband acquitted of charges under Section 498-A IPC on grounds of parity with co-accused
Bombay High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Manish Pitale, J., acquitted the appellant-husband who was convicted by the trial court
Acts of sodomy and forcible unnatural intercourse amount to cruelty and are grounds for a decree of divorce
Punjab and Haryana High Court: A Division Bench comprising of M.M.S. Bedi and Hari Pal Verma, JJ., allowed the appeal against the
Seeking financial help from wife does not by itself amount to cruelty
Bombay High Court: A criminal appeal preferred by the appellant against the order of his conviction and sentence passed by the trial
S. 304-B IPC is not applicable where cruelty did not take place soon before death of the deceased
Chhattisgarh High Court: Conviction of the accused under Section 304-B of IPC was set aside by a Single Judge Bench comprising of
Mere non-sending of wife to her parental house does not amount to cruelty under S. 498-A IPC
Karnataka High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of K. Somashekar, J., decided a criminal appeal filed under Section 374(2) of IPC,
Merely because husband is acquitted in domestic violence case, would not amount to cruelty on behalf of wife to succeed in divorce petition
Chhattisgarh High Court: The Court recently heard an appeal from the Family Court under Section 19(1) of the Family Courts Act, 1984
Divorce petition allowed on the grounds of cruelty and adultery
High Court of Kenya: The petition was filed pertaining to the issue of dissolution of marriage on the grounds of cruelty and
Husband seeking divorce on ground of cruelty to pay one time permanent alimony to wife and provide her with a residence
Supreme Court: In the case where the wife made reckless, defamatory and false accusations against her husband, his family members and colleagues,
Isolated instances of long past cannot constitute an act of cruelty under Section 13(1)(ia)of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955
Supreme Court: Explaining the scope of ‘cruelty’ as a ground for dissolution of marriage, the Bench of R.K. Agrawal and A.M. Sapre,