Bombay HC Rules Wife Visiting Parents Often Without Notice is Cruelty
The Bombay High Court ruled that a wife frequently visiting her parents without informing her husband amounts to cruelty and granted a divorce to a Nagpur-based husband.
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False Complaint Can Be Considered Matrimonial Cruelty, Rules Punjab & Haryana High Court
The Punjab & Haryana High Court ruled that a single false complaint is enough to constitute matrimonial cruelty, granting divorce and directing ₹20 lakh as alimony.
Inducing Spouse to Live Beyond Means is Cruelty, Rules Madras High Court
The Madras High Court has granted a man divorce on the grounds of cruelty, ruling that forcing a spouse to live beyond their means and inviting debt is a form of mental cruelty. This decision overturns a previous family court ruling.
Karnataka High Court: Withholding Consent for Mutual Divorce Can Be Cruelty
The Karnataka High Court ruled that refusing to consent for mutual divorce, when a marriage has failed due to incompatibility, can be considered cruelty. The court emphasized that such refusal causes mental agony and justifies granting a divorce.
Forcing Husband to Live in Separate Room is Cruelty: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court ruled that a wife forcing her husband to live in a separate room and threatening suicide amounts to cruelty. This decision granted the husband divorce due to mental and physical harm caused by the wife’s actions.
Punjab and Haryana High Court Upholds Divorce for Man After Wife Refuses to Live with His Elderly Mother
The Punjab and Haryana High Court upheld a man’s divorce after his wife refused to live with his elderly mother and sister-in-law with mental health issues. The court ruled that her actions amounted to cruelty and granted the husband interim alimony, allowing the wife to claim permanent alimony later.
Mother Teaching Daughter to Speak Against Father is Cruelty: Madhya Pradesh High Court
The Madhya Pradesh High Court ruled that a mother coaching her daughter to speak against her father amounts to mental cruelty, upholding a divorce petition filed by the father. The court highlighted the harmful effects of parental alienation in such cases.
Filing False Complaints Against Spouse is Cruelty: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court ruled that false complaints filed against a spouse constitute an act of cruelty, upholding the husband’s divorce petition. The court noted that the wife’s malicious actions, including false allegations and withdrawal from mutual settlements, caused mental cruelty.
Kerala High Court: Wife’s Lack of Cooking Skills and Seeking Help to Save Marriage Not ‘Cruelty’
The Kerala High Court has ruled that a wife’s inability to cook or seeking help from her husband’s employer to resolve marital issues cannot be considered cruelty, denying the husband’s divorce appeal.
Karnataka High Court Grants Divorce Due to Wife’s Cruelty Over Husband’s Dark Complexion
The Karnataka High Court ruled that insulting a spouse over their complexion and making false accusations of illicit relationships constitutes cruelty. The court granted the husband’s divorce, overturning the family court’s earlier decision.