Chhattisgarh High Court upholds divorce due to cruelty by wife who concealed her infertility
The Court noted that the wife admitted in her written statement and oral testimony that after taking medication she had become capable of bearing children.
The Court noted that the wife admitted in her written statement and oral testimony that after taking medication she had become capable of bearing children.
“We are aware that relationship between the parties had gone so bitter that neither of them was having any empathy for the other, but even this kind of relationship cannot be an excuse to make false allegations regarding the moral character of the other party.”
“Sustained neglect of marital obligations, coupled with acts designed to exacerbate discord, eroded the very foundation of the matrimonial bond.”
“From physical assaults and verbal abuse to repeated acts of financial control and emotional blackmail, the husband was subjected to a state of perpetual distress, where fear and anxiety overshadowed any hope of marital peace.”
Kerala High Court explained that “Cruelty consists of acts which are dangerous to life, limb or health. Cruelty may be physical or mental.”
Kerala High Court regarded the wife’s email to her husband’s employer as “outcry of a desperate wife, to live with her husband, after bringing him back to normalcy”.