“The Patna High Court quashed proceedings against the husband’s relatives, holding that a cruelty case under Section 85 BNS cannot stand when the marriage is void due to a previous marriage. Ruled second marriage without divorce is invalid.”
The Gauhati High Court dismissed a Regular Second Appeal, reaffirming that a Civil Judge (Junior Division) cannot dissolve a Muslim marriage or authenticate talaq. Only the District Judge can decide matrimonial disputes where no Family Court exists.
The Jharkhand High Court held that a wife compelled to leave her matrimonial home due to cruelty and torture cannot be treated as a deserter, setting aside the Family Court’s divorce decree for perversity and improper appreciation of evidence.
Invoking Article 142, the Supreme Court dissolved an irretrievably broken marriage, holding that its continuance would only prolong agony. The Court granted divorce despite trial and High Court findings, stressing complete justice over rigid statutory grounds of law.
The Supreme Court rules that prolonged irreconcilable differences between spouses constitute cruelty, justifying divorce even when neither party is solely at fault. After 24 years of separation, the Court grants divorce, ending decades-long litigation.
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.
The Family Court of Indore has dismissed a husband’s divorce petition claiming his wife hid a skin disease, vitiligo. Instead, the court found him guilty of cruelty and adultery, highlighting the falsity of his allegations.
The Delhi High Court ruled that a wife’s pregnancy or brief reconciliation cannot erase prior acts of mental cruelty. Setting aside the family court decision, the Court granted a divorce to the husband, citing irretrievable marital breakdown.
The Bombay High Court has ruled that repeated suicide threats by a spouse constitute mental cruelty. Citing long-term separation and emotional distress, the court granted divorce to the husband after a decade-long marital breakdown.
The Delhi High Court ruled that continuous behaviour creating suspicion of infidelity, coupled with failure to clear such doubts, constitutes mental cruelty under the Hindu Marriage Act. The court upheld a husband’s divorce plea, citing the wife’s evasive conduct and unexplained relationships.
