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    Adultery Can’t Be Used to Deny Maintenance If Divorce Was for Cruelty: Madhya Pradesh High Court
    Adultery Can’t Be Used to Deny Maintenance If Divorce Was for Cruelty: Madhya Pradesh High Court
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    Adultery Can’t Be Used to Deny Maintenance If Divorce Was for Cruelty: Madhya Pradesh High Court

    The Madhya Pradesh High Court ruled that a husband cannot deny maintenance by alleging adultery when the divorce was granted on the ground of cruelty. The Court also enhanced the minor daughter’s maintenance considering education and living expenses.

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    Short-Tempered Wife’s Suicide In Fit Of Anger Not Dowry Death: Bombay High Court Acquits Husband, Mother In Dowry Death Case
    Short-Tempered Wife’s Suicide In Fit Of Anger Not Dowry Death: Bombay High Court Acquits Husband, Mother In Dowry Death Case
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    Short-Tempered Wife’s Suicide In Fit Of Anger Not Dowry Death: Bombay High Court Acquits Husband, Mother In Dowry Death Case

    Bombay High Court acquitted a husband and mother in a dowry death case, holding that a short-tempered wife’s suicide in a fit of anger did not constitute dowry death. The court said evidence failed to prove cruelty under law.

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    Shocking Divorce: 23-Year Marriage Ends After Dispute Over Eating Onion and Garlic
    Shocking Divorce: 23-Year Marriage Ends After Dispute Over Eating Onion and Garlic
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    Shocking Divorce: 23-Year Marriage Ends After Dispute Over Eating Onion and Garlic

    A couple from Gujarat ended their 23-year marriage after a long dispute over eating onion and garlic, leading the High Court to uphold their divorce. Judges agreed the prolonged conflict over dietary choices made the relationship irreparable today.

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    ‘She Made Me Sleep with Stray Dogs’: Man Moves Gujarat High Court For Divorce Over Wife's Obsession With Stray Dogs
    ‘She Made Me Sleep with Stray Dogs’: Man Moves Gujarat High Court For Divorce Over Wife's Obsession With Stray Dogs
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    ‘She Made Me Sleep with Stray Dogs’: Man Moves Gujarat High Court For Divorce Over Wife’s Obsession With Stray Dogs

    A Gujarat man has approached the High Court seeking divorce, alleging his wife’s obsession with stray dogs caused cruelty in marriage, claiming she forced him to share their bed with the animals and endure repeated attacks.

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    Crying or Unhappiness Doesn’t Mean Cruelty: Bombay High Court Acquits Husband in 498A Case
    Crying or Unhappiness Doesn’t Mean Cruelty: Bombay High Court Acquits Husband in 498A Case
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    Crying or Unhappiness Doesn’t Mean Cruelty: Bombay High Court Acquits Husband in 498A Case

    The Bombay High Court ruled that mere crying or unhappiness of a wife cannot prove cruelty under Section 498A IPC. The Court acquitted the husband, citing lack of evidence of harassment or abetment to suicide.

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    Anger No Excuse: MP High Court Grants Divorce After Wife’s False Infidelity Allegations
    Anger No Excuse: MP High Court Grants Divorce After Wife’s False Infidelity Allegations
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    Anger No Excuse: MP High Court Grants Divorce After Wife’s False Infidelity Allegations

    The Madhya Pradesh High Court ruled that false allegations of infidelity amount to mental cruelty, granting divorce to a husband whose wife accused him without proof, emphasizing that anger cannot justify defamatory claims in marriage.

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    Baseless Infidelity Allegations by Spouse is Cruelty: Delhi High Court Upheld Divorce
    Baseless Infidelity Allegations by Spouse is Cruelty: Delhi High Court Upheld Divorce
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    Baseless Infidelity Allegations by Spouse is Cruelty: Delhi High Court Upheld Divorce

    The Delhi High Court upheld a divorce on the ground of cruelty, ruling that making baseless, unsubstantiated allegations of a spouse’s infidelity causes mental agony, public humiliation, and constitutes extreme cruelty under matrimonial law.

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    Madhya Pradesh High Court: "Denying Divorce in a Dead Marriage Amounts to Cruelty", Dissolves Marriage After 22 Years
    Madhya Pradesh High Court: "Denying Divorce in a Dead Marriage Amounts to Cruelty", Dissolves Marriage After 22 Years
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    Madhya Pradesh High Court: “Denying Divorce in a Dead Marriage Amounts to Cruelty”, Dissolves Marriage After 22 Years

    Madhya Pradesh High Court rules that denying divorce in a dead marriage amounts to cruelty, dissolving a marriage after 22 years of separation, highlighting irretrievable breakdown as grounds for relief.

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    Chhattisgarh High Court: Taunting Husband for Joblessness is Cruelty, Grants Divorce
    Chhattisgarh High Court: Taunting Husband for Joblessness is Cruelty, Grants Divorce
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    Chhattisgarh High Court: Taunting Husband for Joblessness is Cruelty, Grants Divorce

    The Chhattisgarh High Court ruled that insulting a husband for being unemployed and making unfair demands during financial crisis amounts to mental cruelty. The Court granted divorce in favour of the husband after the wife failed to contest the case.

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    498A Fake Case | "Misuse of Legal Provisions": Delhi Court Discharges Husband, Family Members From Cruelty Charges
    498A Fake Case | "Misuse of Legal Provisions": Delhi Court Discharges Husband, Family Members From Cruelty Charges
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    498A Fake Case | “Misuse of Legal Provisions”: Delhi Court Discharges Husband, Family Members From Cruelty Charges

    Delhi Court highlights “misuse of legal provisions” under Section 498A, discharging husband and family members from false cruelty charges involving dowry and harassment allegations.

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