The Madras High Court ruled that a wife’s act of secretly arranging their daughter’s marriage without informing the father amounts to mental cruelty under matrimonial law, and granted divorce after finding her conduct caused distress preventing continuation thereafter.
The Allahabad High Court Yesterday (29 Feb) urged the Union of India to consider amending the Hindu Marriage Act to include irretrievable breakdown of marriages as a divorce ground, citing societal changes. It granted a divorce decree to a doctor, noting his wife’s prolonged absence as mental cruelty. The court also directed relevant authorities to consider this matter.
