Allahabad High Court division bench while hearing an Appeal filed by Smt Gayatri Mohapatra dismissed the petition saying that making false complaints against spouse and levelling wild against in-laws amounts to mental cruelty.
A single-judge bench of Karnataka High Court said that trial Court order on an application filed by the wife under Section 125(1) CrPC can't be taken exception merely because the petitioner is ready and willing to take her back.
The Hindu Marriage Act governs the marriages of a Hindu, Buddhist, Jain or Sikhs. Under modern Hindu Law, Marriage whether considered as a contract or sacrament gives rise to a status.
After hearing the parties and on perusal of the records,Gauhati High Court has noticed that the parties are Hindu by religion and as per the Hindu Marriage Act there is no concept of bigamy and rather the same is an offence under the Indian Penal Code and also a ground for divorce.