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Irretrievable Breakdown Of Marriage Amounts To Cruelty, Court Cannot Grant Permanent Alimony Suo Motu: Calcutta High Court
9+ hour, 46+ min ago (105+ words) False Criminal Complaints Amount To Mental Cruelty "The rift between the parties has reached a point of no-return and their marriage has spent its shelf-life long back." No Suo Motu Grant Of Permanent Alimony The High Court ultimately dismissed the…...
Mutual Consent Alone Ends the Marriage: Gujarat High Court Affirms Mubarat Divorce Without Formalities
2+ week, 2+ day ago (443+ words) A Marriage That Lasted Barely Months The parties entered into a Nikah on March 19, 2022, in Kheda district. Within months, the relationship broke down, with the husband moving to the United Kingdom and the wife returning to her parental home. Recognising…...
FIR Lodged After Marital Breakdown Based on “Emotional Outburst”, Not Rape: Himachal Pradesh High Court Quashes Case Post-Divorce
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (729+ words) The case, stemming from a romantic relationship that led to marriage and then divorce, was found by the Court to have no criminal substratum. The High Court held that compelling the petitioners to face trial after the parties had solemnized…...
Mere FIRs and Long Separation Cannot Justify Divorce Without Substantiated Proof of Cruelty: Delhi High Court Rejects Divorce Pleas of Two Brothers Against Their Wives
3+ mon, 13+ hour ago (948+ words) The Court ruled that "prolonged separation, absent evidence of mental cruelty or irretrievable breakdown, is insufficient in itself to justify dissolution of marriage under law." The appellants, Surender Kumar and Devender Kumar, brothers by relation, had married Manita and Sunita,…...
Repeated Criminal Proceedings and Judicial Harassment Amount to Mental Cruelty: Telangana High Court Upholds Divorce, Enhances Maintenance for Child to ₹80 Lakh
3+ mon, 4+ day ago (681+ words) The case, which encapsulated bitter matrimonial disputes, allegations of psychiatric illness, criminal prosecution, and eventual breakdown of marital relations, brought into focus the evolving judicial interpretation of cruelty under Section 13(1)(ia) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, particularly in the context…...