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.
The Kerala High Court ruled that baseless suspicion of a wife’s loyalty and forcing her to resign from job amount to mental cruelty, affirming that constant doubt and control can justify divorce under matrimonial law.
The Delhi High Court ruled that questioning a husband’s legitimacy and making derogatory remarks against his mother amount to mental cruelty, upholding a divorce decree granted to the husband on grounds of persistent abusive and degrading conduct.
The Kerala High Court has ruled that a wife’s cruel treatment of her stepchildren can be considered mental cruelty toward her husband, granting him divorce. This landmark judgment expands the legal understanding of marital cruelty under Indian law.
Delhi High Court affirms divorce, holding that a wife’s persistent efforts to separate her husband from his parents constitute mental cruelty, highlighting parental alienation and public humiliation as key grounds.”
The Madhya Pradesh High Court ruled that self-immolation and false allegations by a wife constitute mental cruelty, granting divorce to the husband under the Hindu Marriage Act provisions.
Delhi High Court ruled that making derogatory remarks to a spouse’s employer amounts to cruelty. The court upheld a divorce, stating marriage requires “mutual respect and adjustment.”
The Madras High Court ruled that making unproven sexual allegations against a husband and his father causes mental cruelty and can be valid grounds for seeking divorce under the law.
