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.