Grounds for Divorce – Cruelty
Marriage between two persons presupposes cohabitation on harmonious relationship arising out of mutual respect and understanding between the husband and the wife .
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Conversion to another religion as a ground for divorce
India being a secular country, the Constitution grants every individual to profess any faith or relinquish his faith that he had acquired at the time of his birth. The objective behind this, apart from the legal complications and application of diffe...
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Cruelty as a ground for divorce
The concept of cruelty as a ground for divorce has no particular legal definition under the laws of India and the same had been done keeping in view that the concept of cruelty cannot have a straight-jacket formula amounting to its dynamic nature and...
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Unsoundness of mind as a ground for divorce
A decree to dissolve a marriage can be sought on the ground that the other spouse has been incurably of unsound mind, or has been suffering continuously or intermittently from a mental disorder of such a kind and to such an extent that the petitioner...
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Law around Mutual Consent Divorce in India
The provisions of mutual consent divorce has various elements attached to it and is not a simpliciter term.
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What Constitutes Mental Cruelty in a Divorce?
Cruelty can take various forms, and the most prevalent forms of cruelty are physical cruelty and mental cruelty. Establishing physical cruelty is relatively an easier task than proving mental cruelty and it is in cases of mental cruelty that the judi...
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Adultery as a ground for divorce
Adultery is defined by Black's Law Dictionary as “voluntary sexual intercourse of a married person with a person other than the offender's husband or wife.” Adultery committed by two persons each of whom is married to another as distinguished from “s...
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