Mental Cruelty

The Delhi High Court recently ruled that a woman repeatedly leaving her matrimonial home without any fault of her husband is an act of mental cruelty. The Court in another case also granted divorce to celebrity chef Kunal Kapur on the grounds of cruelty committed by his estranged wife. Courts define the meaning of cruelty according to their own interpretation within the boundary of the law

In a reversal of sorts, courts have come to the rescue of husbands who have been subjected to mental cruelty by their wives, either due to their financial constraints or weight problems, and granted divorce

The High Court of Delhi ...

The Delhi High Court has said that “persistent insistence” of a wife to live separately from her husband’s family is act of cruelty. Despite many legal remedies for mental cruelty, this is essentially a social malaise

The High Court of Chhatt...

The Allahabad High Court...

The Uttarakhand High Court has recently held that a wife causing mental cruelty to husband is a valid ground for dissolution of marriage, as mental cruelty is no less than physical cruelty.