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DIVORCE ON CRUELTY GROUNDS
Wife pressuring husband to leave parents and live separately in rented house amounts to cruelty, rules Madras HC and upholds divorce on this ground- Husband challenges Rs 2 crore alimony order to his doctor wife, wins; Karnataka HC brought down divorce settlement to Rs 50 lakh explaining 'alimony is not meant to equalise assets'
- 16 years after separation, husband gets divorce over wife’s adultery but has to pay Rs 7 lakh in alimony: Madras HC order
- Loss of interest in marriage is not a valid ground for divorce under Hindu Law, orders Karnataka HCHindu marriage can’t be broken merely because husband lost interest in marriage, rules Karnataka High Court and says ‘The marriage under th...27 Aug, 2026, 10.27 AM IST
- Husband taunted wife for her dark complexion and being an introvert, wife filed a cruelty case; know how husband won the case in Jharkhand HCHusband taunted wife for her dark complexion, introvert nature; she files 498A IPC cruelty case; Jharkhand HC quashes 498A case, says his c...25 Aug, 2026, 05.59 PM IST
- ‘Hindu marriage no longer an indissoluble sacrament but a contractual agreement’: Andhra Pradesh HC waives 6-month waiting period for couple seeking mutual divorceAndhra Pradesh High Court has dissolved a marriage solemnised in 1972 between a couple who have lived separately since 1978, waiving the ma...18 Aug, 2026, 10.42 AM IST
- Wife sought higher maintenance citing husband’s wealth; High Court rejects plea but orders Rs 46 lakh for daughters' educationHusband claims Rs 20 lakh debt and lost his earning capacity due to the hostile atmosphere and false complaints by wife; HC rejects wife’s ...14 Aug, 2026, 08.36 AM IST
- Bengaluru Mercedes owner calls Rs 20,000 maintenance too much: HC says a man who can maintain a Benz can't call the amount excessive; divorce deniedA Bengaluru man who owns a Mercedes-Benz failed to get a divorce from his wife after the Karnataka High Court found that photographs from s...17 Jul, 2026, 12.08 PM IST
- Husband has to equally participate in household chores as he is not marrying a maid: SCThe Supreme Court stated a husband must share household duties like cooking and cleaning. Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta emphasized...20 Mar, 2026, 08.30 PM IST
- Mental cruelty: Know how a husband won a divorce battle in High Court as wife mocked his physical infirmity; Permanent alimony amount to be decidedIn 2025, the Odisha High Court validated a divorce decree, affirming that a wife's demeaning remarks about her husband's physical disabilit...29 Jun, 2025, 09.00 AM IST
- Threatening or attempting suicide is cruelty, ground for divorce: Bombay HCThe Bombay High Court has upheld a family court decree granting a man a divorce on grounds of cruelty. The man alleged his wife threatened ...27 Mar, 2025, 02.42 PM IST
- Wife watching porn, masturbation not cruelty to husband, says HC rejecting divorce pleaThe Madras high court ruled that a woman's private act of masturbation and watching porn does not constitute cruelty towards her husband. T...20 Mar, 2025, 10.04 AM IST
- Wilful denial of sexual relationship by spouse cruelty: Delhi HCThe Delhi High Court has ruled that the wilful denial of a sexual relationship by a spouse amounts to cruelty, upholding a divorce granted ...18 Sep, 2023, 05.40 PM IST
- Cruelty and isolated acts of adultery by wife no bar to receiving maintenance from husband: HCJustice Chandra Dhari Singh, who was dealing with a challenge to a trial court directing the husband to pay monthly maintenance to the wife...14 Apr, 2022, 09.32 PM IST
- Wife's allegation of infidelity is cruelty, says HC; grants divorce to husbandHolding that the allegations of illicit relations were not true, Court granted divorce to the man while setting aside a trial court's order...06 May, 2018, 08.07 PM IST
- Denial of sex by wife during pregnancy not cruelty: Delhi High CourtDelhi High Court said if the wife wakes up late in the morning or wants tea to be served in bed would at best show that she is lazy, and "l...06 Nov, 2016, 10.04 AM IST
- Wife's demand for privacy not cruelty towards husband: Delhi High CourtThe observation came as the bench dismissed a plea by the husband who had challenged a 2010 trial court order dismissing his petition seeki...16 Oct, 2016, 09.33 AM IST
- Omar Abdullah's divorce plea dismissed by courtPrincipal Judge Arun Kumar Arya rejected the politician's plea, saying that he could not prove his claims of "cruelty" or "desertion" which...30 Aug, 2016, 07.55 PM IST
- Irretrievable breakdown to be ground for divorceThe Cabinet will clear amendments to the Hindu Marriage Act on Thursday.10 Jun, 2010, 03.05 AM IST
- Don’t keep saying ‘not tonight, honey’One Of the fundamentals of marriage is sexual gratification, the supreme court has ruled.29 Mar, 2007, 01.46 AM IST
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