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MENTAL CRUELTY ON HUSBAND
No phone calls with wife for 13 days; she dies by suicide; Gulf engineer husband lands in jail; Supreme Court overturns his conviction for this reason- 'Normal marital wear and tear' not cruelty: Maharashtra court acquits 3 in dowry, suicide abetment case
- Despite getting Rs 20 lakh alimony in divorce settlement, wife continues criminal cases against husband, in-laws; HC quashes case as abuse of process
- 'Not speaking not marital cruelty': SC frees husband sentenced to jail over wife's suicide after 13 days of silence between themSupreme Court has acquitted a man convicted of cruelty after his wife died by suicide, ruling that 13 days of non-communication between spo...05 Jun, 2026, 05.01 PM IST
- Prolonged matrimonial litigation only leads to perpetuity of marriage on paper: SCThe Supreme Court has dissolved a marriage of a couple living apart for over 15 years. The court noted prolonged litigation and denial of s...03 Jun, 2026, 02.48 PM IST
- Wife’s MBA degree or past employment with MNCs can’t stop her from demanding maintenance, rules HCAn Allahabad High Court ruling states a wife's education or earning potential does not disqualify her from maintenance. The court considere...29 May, 2026, 08.16 PM IST
- Husband claimed wife wasn't doing household work; HC orders him to pay Rs 20,000/month as wives not ‘deemed maids’The husband, a Chartered Accountant (CA) by profession, had in 2004 filed for a divorce on the ground of cruelty, claiming that “wife was n...26 May, 2026, 08.00 AM IST
- Bengaluru cop’s wife found dead: Family alleges dowry harassment after 26-year-old sent phone password before deathA 26-year-old woman, Lakshmi Priya, died under suspicious circumstances in Bengaluru's KR Pura police quarters. Her family alleges continuo...24 May, 2026, 05.07 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
- Financial control by husband alone doesn't amount to cruelty: Supreme Court quashes 498A caseThe Supreme Court granted relief to a husband from a 498A case filed by his wife. The court ruled that the husband's financial dominance, i...12 Jan, 2026, 02.30 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
- Court grants divorce to husband after wife calls him 'paaltu chuha'The Chhattisgarh High Court validated a divorce, citing mental cruelty after a wife called her husband a "pet rat" for obeying his parents....26 Sep, 2025, 01.15 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
- Not allowing mother to meet child amounts to cruelty and harassment, says High CourtThe Bombay High Court upheld an FIR against a woman's in-laws for denying her access to her four-year-old daughter. The court deemed this '...12 Dec, 2024, 03.15 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
- Defaming husband, calling him 'womaniser, alcoholic' without proof is cruelty: Bombay HCThe woman had claimed that her husband was a womaniser and alcoholic and due to these vices she was deprived of her conjugal rights. The co...25 Oct, 2022, 02.21 PM IST
- Keeping a mistress inflicts mental cruelty on wife: Bombay HCSixteen years after a young Chandrakala committed suicide, Justice AR Joshi upheld the six month jail term awarded to her husband Ratan Jag...25 May, 2011, 03.16 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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