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Delhi High Court:\u00a0<\/strong>A Division Bench comprising of G.S. Sistani and Jyoti Singh, JJ. dismissed an appeal against the judgment of Family Court whereby it had decreed a divorce petition filed by the husband on grounds of cruelty by the wife.<\/p>\n

The parties got married in 2006. A divorce petition was filed by the husband in 2009 alleging various instances of cruelty by the wife along with allegations that she was ill-tempered, stubborn, quarrelsome and insensitive towards the husband and his parents. On the basis of the evidence adduced by the parties, the Family Court granted a decree of divorce in favour of the husband on grounds of cruelty by the wife. Aggrieved thereby, the wife preferred the instant appeal.<\/p>\n

While adjudicating, the High Court referred to a Supreme Court decision in Narendra v. K. Meena,<\/em> (2016) 9 SCC 455<\/a>. It was noted that the Family Court reached a conclusion that wife tied a dupatta<\/em> around her neck and threatened him to commit suicide as the husband refused to seek separation from his parents. She also wrote a suicide note which was proved. In view of the Court, repeated attempts to commit suicide by the wife amounted to extreme cruelty especially when she tried to implicate the husband guilty of abatement. Finding no infirmity in the judgment passed by the Family Court, the High Court dismissed the appeal. [Kusum v. Gurcharan\u00a0 Singh,2018 SCC OnLine Del 12576<\/b><\/a>, decided on 15-11-2018]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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