The Delhi High Court noted that questioning a husband’s legitimacy by labeling him illegitimate and making disparaging remarks about his mother constitutes mental cruelty, which can serve as legitimate grounds for divorce. A Division Bench, comprisin...
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The Madras High Court recently granted a divorce to the husband, ruling that a wife’s threats to commit suicide constitute cruelty. Justice S. Srimathy noted that within just 8 months of marriage, the husband had written letters to his mother d...
Read MoreThe Madras High Court has recently held that if a woman initiates litigation to vindicate her rights, it can never be taken as mental cruelty to the husband. Justice R Vijaykumar of the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court kept aside the divorce de...
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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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