Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 13(1)(ia) -- Divorce - Cruelty - Petition by husband - Levelling of disgusting allegations of unchastity and indecent familiarity with a person outside wedlock and allegations of extra marital relationship, constitute grave assault on the character, honour, reputation, status as well as mental health of the wife - Such scandalous,..........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 13(1)(ia) -- Divorce - Cruelty - When a husband makes baseless allegations of unchastity against wife, it amounts to mental cruelty from his part making wife eligible to seek divorce on that ground alone...........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 25(1) -- Permanent alimony - Unchastity of wife cannot be taken into consideration at the time of passing of initial order u/s 25(1) of the Act, as same can be taken into consideration only while varying, modifying or rescinding an order passed u/s 25(3) of the Act...........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 25(1) -- Permanent alimony - Unchastity of wife - Factum of unchastity of wife was required to be pleaded and proved by adducing specific and cogent evidence - Husband failed to do either of same - Mere bald statement in evidence of husband would not be a substitute of proof of wife being unchaste - Wife is entitled to maintenance from..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 125(4) -- Maintenance to wife - Adultery - Unsuccessful attempt by husband in levelling disgusting accusations of unchastity entitles wife to live separately from husband and to claim maintenance from him...........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 13(1)(i)(ia) -- Divorce - Cruelty and adultery - Evidence on record shows that husband had leveled false allegations of unchastity against wife - It is not the wife whose behavior had been cruel towards husband rather it is husband who by leveling allegations against her character has been admittedly cruel towards her - By filing divorce..........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 13(1)(ia) -- Cruelty - Though allegations of unchastity are very serious and they are incompatible with a harmonious family living, grave suggestion of one party making against the other was perhaps at the height of their inflamed passions and ought not to be taken as expressions of denouement for bringing down a marriage -If she had a..........
Evidence Act, 1872, Section 32, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 306, 509 -- Dying declaration - Abetment of suicide - Revision petitioners making demand to the deceased to surrender, calling her by gestures and commenting her with objectionable words and attributing unchastity -Deceased had written suicidal note immediately before committing suicide - Under Section 32 of..........
Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956, Section 18, 20 -- Maintenance - Wife and children - Wife is entitled to live separately if husband makes unfounded allegations of unchastity against her - Father cannot escape liability to maintain children by simply making a statement that he was ready to maintain them without making attempts to get custody of children living..........
Hindu Law -- Unchaste wife - Right of succession - A married woman living in adultery at the time of her husband's death is disqualified by reason of her unchastity from succeeding to his estate in joint family property...........
