Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 13(1)(ia) -- Divorce petition by husband on ground of mental cruelty - Unsubstantiated allegations by wife that husband is having extra marital relations - Wife failed to prove those allegations by examining witnesses in support thereof - Constitutes mental cruelty - Husband entitled to decree of divorce...........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 13(1)(ia) -- Cruelty - Divorce petition by husband - Giving repeated threats to commit suicide amounts to cruelty - In the instant case wife once even tried to commit suicide by jumping from the terrace - Decree of divorce granted...........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 13 -- Divorce - Ground of desertion and cruelty - Irretrievable breakdown of marriage - Both husband and wife made allegations of cruelty against each other - Wife lodged criminal case against husband - Both living separately for last ten years - In such circumstances, case for divorce on ground of desertion made out - It would be proper..........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 13(i)(a) -- Divorce - Cruelty - False cases filed to insult and humiliate husband in society - Wife left matrimonial home of her own and even left her four months old daughter - Parties have been living separately since 1999 - All efforts for reconciliation have failed and it is practically broken marriage - Wife has no objection to grant..........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 13 -- Divorce - Petition by husband - Ground of mental cruelty and desertion - Wife left the matrimonial home of her own free will - Wife never tried to contract the husband or made effort to meet the children to find out their welfare - Wife never sought the custody of children - Statement of children that their mother had been visiting..........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 13 -- Divorce - There has been no restitution of conjugal rights for a period of 2-3/4 years after passing of the decree of restitution of conjugal rights - Action of wife in not coming and living with husband amounts to cruelty - Held, husband is entitled to decree of divorce...........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 13(1)(ia) -- Divorce petition by wife on ground of cruelty - In written statement husband leveled scandalous allegations against wife touching her character and attributing her relationship with another man - However, no evidence adduced by husband to substantiate allegations made against wife - Held, casting aspersions on character of..........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 13 -- Divorce - Petition by husband on ground of cruelty - Cruelty found to be on the part of husband and not on the part of wife - Held, husband cannot take advantage of his own fault - Petition dismissed - Order upheld...........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 13(1)(ia) -- Divorce - Cruelty - Making unsubstantiated allegations about character of husband and accusing him of having illicit intimacy would itself amount to mental cruelty - Moreover, unfounded allegations made by wife against her husband by itself shows prima facie failure of marriage - Decree of divorce confirmed...........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 13 -- Divorce petition by wife on ground of cruelty - Non payment of maintenance pendente lite - Defence of husband struck off - Allegations in the petition are to be taken as correct and husband cannot be permitted to be heard on merits...........
