Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 13 -- Divorce - Cruelty on the part of wife - Cruelty in retaliation to the provocation of husband - Husband cannot be allowed to take advantage of his provocative conduct for the purpose of proving legal cruelty on the part of wife...........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 13 -- Mental disorder - Wife once tried to commit suicide by pouring kerosene on her body - It can be said that it was due to depression - Such incident falls short of required degree of mental disorder which may be considered as ground for divorce - Decree can be passed on this ground provided mental disorder is held to be not curable - A..........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 13 -- Divorce - Wife suffering from skin disease - Nothing to suggest that disease is of such a grave nature that one is not reasonably expected to live with spouse with such disease - Disease not aggravated since marriage - Parties living together for eight years and having three daughters - No cruelty to live with wife who is having skin..........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 13 -- Divorce - Irretrievable breakdown of marriage - Court not to lightly dissolve marriage on ground of irretrievable breakdown of marriage - It is only in extreme circumstances that Court may use this ground for dissolving a marriage...........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 13 -- Divorce - Ordinary quarrels between husband and wife - Marriage not irretrievably broken down - Decree of divorce cannot be granted...........
Evidence Act, 1872, Section 35, Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 8(4), Hindu Marriage (Punjab) Registration Rules, 1960 -- Marriage Registration Certificate - Relevancy of, for determining the relationship of legally wedded husband & wife - Certificate of registration of marriage is a document based upon statement of the parties to marriage before Registrar - Registrar..........
Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956, Section 20, 18, 19, 23, 25 -- Marriage expenses of daughter - Petition by daughter against father - Such a petition under Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act is not maintainable...........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 125, Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956, Section 20(3) -- Maintenance - Major unmarried daughter - Claim of maintenance from her old mother - Mother a widow received all service benefits of her husband who died in harness and also receiving family pension - Major unmarried daughter unable to earn her livelihood - Held, u/s..........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 13(1)(ia), 13(1)(ib) -- Appeal against divorce decree granted in favour of husband - Non payment of interim maintenance and litigation expenses granted during pendency of appeal - Defence of husband is liable to be struck down and consequently thereto appeal of wife has to be allowed...........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 16, 6, 11 -- Second marriage during subsistence of first marriage - It is a void marriage - Children born out of such marriage are entitled to inherit property on death of the person alongwith first wife...........
