The Gauhati High Court ruled that a husband cannot escape his legal duty to pay maintenance under Section 125 CrPC by making a private agreement with his wife. The court emphasized that statutory rights cannot be waived by personal arrangements.
The Bombay High Court has confirmed that under Section 25 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, a husband can also claim alimony if he is financially dependent and affected by a court order like divorce or separation.
The Kerala High Court held that refusing to take mental health treatment for the sake of a peaceful marriage amounts to cruelty, supporting a husband’s claim for divorce based on mental and emotional abuse.
The Bombay High Court upheld a lower court’s order directing a woman teacher to pay alimony to her ex-husband under Section 25 of the Hindu Marriage Act.
In a rare case, the Karnataka High Court upheld a divorce after a man submitted video proof of his wife’s affair. The court ruled that adultery was valid grounds for divorce.
The Delhi High Court ruled that making false accusations of an extra-marital affair amounts to mental cruelty and upheld the divorce granted to a husband by the family court.
A Delhi court advised a qualified woman to find a job instead of relying on her ex-husband for alimony, stating that she is capable of earning and should not place a financial burden on him.
In a case dating back to 2017, the Calcutta High Court directed a decorated husband to pay ₹2 lakh monthly as interim relief to his journalist wife, even though domestic violence charges were not proven.
The Karnataka High Court has ruled that if a marriage fails due to incompatibility and one spouse refuses mutual divorce, it can amount to mental cruelty to the other spouse.
The Gujarat High Court reviewed a divorce case where a woman claimed cruelty after her husband allegedly hid his sister’s inter-caste marriage, leading her to leave the marriage just two days after the wedding.
