Day: December 14, 2024

The Calcutta High Court has dismissed a case filed by a wife against her husband under Section 498A of the IPC, accusing him of cruelty, three years after she had left their matrimonial home. Despite moving out in 2020, the wife filed a complaint all...

The Madhya Pradesh High Court ruled that prolonged separation, absence of cohabitation, irreparable breakdown of the relationship, and hostility between spouses constitute ‘cruelty’ under Section 13(1)(a) of the 1955 Act. “Where the marit...