The Allahabad High Court has held that a wife forcing her husband to live in a separate room and denying conjugal rights amounts to cruelty, granting divorce in favour of the husband.
The Allahabad High Court ruled that making a husband live in a separate room and denying him conjugal rights amounts to cruelty, granting divorce in favour of the husband.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court granted divorce to a man after finding that his wife had coached their daughter to speak against him and kept them apart, amounting to mental cruelty.
The Delhi High Court ruled that a wife acting as a widow while her husband was still alive amounts to extreme mental cruelty. The court upheld the divorce granted by the family court, citing irreparable damage to the marriage.
The Delhi High Court has ruled that making false and fabricated complaints against a spouse amounts to mental cruelty and is a valid ground for divorce. The court found that the wife’s behavior, including false allegations and abandonment, caused deep emotional harm.
The Delhi High Court ruled that a husband’s financial instability, along with failed efforts to earn and resulting abusive behavior, can cause mental cruelty to the wife. The court granted divorce on these grounds.
The Karnataka High Court dissolved a marriage after the wife insulted her husband for being dark-skinned and made false allegations. The court ruled this as cruelty and granted the man divorce.
The Chhattisgarh High Court has ruled that falsely accusing a husband of having an illicit relationship with his own mother is mental cruelty. The court granted the husband a divorce and ordered a monthly maintenance of ₹35,000 for the wife.
The Delhi High Court has upheld a family court’s decision to grant divorce to a husband, stating that constant verbal abuse and insulting language used by the wife towards him and his family amounted to cruelty.
The Orissa High Court ruled that a woman can file a cruelty case under Section 498A IPC at the place where she is living after leaving her matrimonial home due to abuse. This ensures mental cruelty at her current residence is also recognized under the law.
