Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971, Section 3 -- Termination of pregnancy - If continuation of pregnancy is harmful to mental health of a pregnant woman, then that is a good and legal ground to allow termination if pregnancy is not exceeding 20 weeks...........
Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971, Section 3(2)(b)(i) -- Termination of pregnancy - It is mandatory for registered medical practitioner while forming opinion of necessity of termination of pregnancy to take into account whether it is injurious to her physical or mental health - However, while doing so, woman's actual or reasonable foreseeable environment may be..........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 13(1))ia) -- Divorce - Mental cruelty - Petition by husband - Filing of complaints before Indian Air Force by wife without any attempt to resolve the issues at family level caused humiliation and embarrassment to husband in the eyes of his superior and fellow colleagues, particularly when there is no material to substantiate such..........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 13(1))ia) -- Divorce - Mental cruelty - Petition by husband - Various instances of cruelty given by husband - There is no evidence from wife's side to rebut or repudiate the serious allegations against her - Rather, wife not preferred to examine herself despite numerous opportunities being given to her by Family Court - Mere denial in..........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 13(1)(ia) -- Divorce - Cruelty - Term cruelty is a mixed question of law and fact - `Cruelty' for the purpose of divorce should be of such a nature that parties cannot reasonably be expected to live together and situation must be so grave that wronged spouse cannot be reasonably expected to put up with the wrong doer spouse - Intention to..........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 13(1)(ia) -- Divorce - Cruelty - Petition by husband - Parties living separately for the last 10 years - Instances given by husband are nothing but normal wear-tear in a matrimonial life which cannot constitute mental cruelty, grave and weighty enough to dissolve marriage - What actually led the wife to separate from her husband along with..........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 13(1)(ia) -- Mental cruelty - Non-consummation of marriage - Court need not to enter into blame game - Fact that impotency of husband could not be a probable cause for non consummation of marriage as prior to that husband was married and also had a daughter...........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 13(1)(ia) -- Mental cruelty - False complaint - Wife visited husband's office as well as contacted his boss and made false complaints against him - Due to this husband had to leave his job and has gone into depression - Cruelty established beyond doubt - No illegality or infirmity in impugned order - Appeal dismissed...........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 13(1)(ia) -- Divorce - Cruelty - Threat to commit suicide by wife when she was pregnant - Amounts to causing mental cruelty to husband of such magnitude that he may consider it to be injurious to live with her - Divorce rightly granted to husband...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 498A -- Cruelty - Directing married woman to bring money from parental house amounts to mental cruelty as defined u/s 498-A IPC...........
