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MENTAL CRUELTY DIVORCE
Despite getting Rs 20 lakh alimony in divorce settlement, wife continues criminal cases against husband, in-laws; HC quashes case as abuse of process- Prolonged matrimonial litigation only leads to perpetuity of marriage on paper: SC
- Husband claimed wife wasn't doing household work; HC orders him to pay Rs 20,000/month as wives not ‘deemed maids’
- Three women, one track: Allegations of dowry and 'take me home' pleas that rang hollowThree young women died in their marital homes this month amid dowry demands. Twisha Sharma, Deepika Nagar, and Palak Ranjan could not retur...24 May, 2026, 01.55 PM IST
- Second marriage & dowry harassment: SC quashes FIR against in-laws, keeps 498A case against husbandThe Supreme Court quashed FIRs against a husband's in-laws and sister in a dowry harassment case. While the wife alleged they were aware of...11 May, 2026, 10.40 AM IST
- Denying wife kitchen access is mental cruelty, rules high court; mother-in-law gets relief but husband to face trialThe Bombay High Court has ruled that barring a wife from her matrimonial home's kitchen amounts to mental cruelty. This ruling allows a cas...12 Apr, 2026, 12.22 PM IST
- Wife ridiculed him in public, called him an alcoholic; court grants husband divorce on grounds of mental crueltyThe Madhya Pradesh High Court granted a husband a divorce, ruling his wife's false accusations of alcoholism constituted mental cruelty. Sh...01 Nov, 2025, 04.24 PM IST
- Denial of marital intimacy and alienating child amounts to mental cruelty, says Delhi High Court and grants divorce to husbandMental Cruelty: Wife denied physical relations to husband, pressured him to transfer property in her name; Delhi High Court grants divorce ...07 Oct, 2025, 09.46 AM IST
- Post divorce, father told to pay Rs 10 lakh for wedding of daughter staying with motherThe Supreme Court of India directed a father to pay Rs 10 lakh for his daughter's wedding expenses. The daughter lives with his divorced wi...19 Sep, 2025, 12.30 PM IST
- 'Taunting husband is cruelty': HC says verbal fights, unreasonable demands can be grounds for divorceThe Chhattisgarh High Court granted a 52-year-old lawyer a divorce, citing mental cruelty by his wife. Her actions included taunting him ov...25 Aug, 2025, 04.45 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
- Divorce not granted to a husband despite 18 years separation from wife having mental illnessHigh Court did not grant divorce to a husband who has been living separetly from the wife for about 18 years. When the husband married her ...15 Apr, 2025, 10.47 AM IST
- 70-year-old Haryana farmer ends 44-year marriage after 11-year court battle, sells land to pay Rs 3 cr alimonyA Karnal couple finalized their divorce after 44 years of marriage and a 17-year separation. The husband, nearing 70, paid his wife Rs 3.07...17 Dec, 2024, 09.21 AM IST
- Delhi court grants cricketer Shikhar Dhawan divorce from wife Aesha Mukerji on ground of mental cruelty; allows visitation rights to meet son in AustraliaThe court ruled that the cricketer is entitled to divorce on the ground of mental cruelty, allows him to visit his son Down Under.05 Oct, 2023, 04.32 PM 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
- Wife calling husband dark-skinned amounts to cruelty, says Karnataka High Court, grants divorce over color based commentsThe High Court of Karnataka has declared that insulting a spouse on the basis of their skin color can be regarded as cruelty and grounds fo...08 Aug, 2023, 11.12 AM IST
- Husband treating wife as 'cash cow' amounts to cruelty, says Karnataka HCThe bench said, "it is evident that the respondent (husband) has treated the appellant as a cash cow and had a materialistic attitude towar...20 Jul, 2022, 02.06 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
- 'No sex, no marriage'Observing that denial of sex is sufficient ground for divorce, the Delhi high court has ordered dissolution of a 13-year-old marriage on th...13 Jun, 2007, 04.13 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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