3 verified cases involving Divorce, newest first.
The Rajasthan High Court dismissed the wife's appeal against a Family Court judgment that had granted a divorce to the husband on grounds of mental cruelty, citing her prolonged refusal of physical relations without valid reason and her issuance of suicide threats. The court also rejected the wife's plea for restitution of conjugal rights.
The Jharkhand High Court adjudicated an appeal regarding a divorce petition filed under the Special Marriage Act, 1954. The court held that a wife's allegations of cruelty are not invalidated by the absence of a registered FIR, and established that a spouse forced to leave the matrimonial home due to cruelty does not constitute desertion.
The Calcutta High Court upheld a divorce decree granted to a woman against her husband. The court observed that the husband's indifference towards his wife and son, coupled with a 14-year separation, amounted to mental cruelty.