NEW DELHI: The Delhi high courtroom has granted divorce to a man holding that his estranged spouse's false allegation of illicit relation between him and his widowed sister-in-law amounted to cruelty.
Holding that the allegations of illicit members of the family weren't true, Justice J R Midha granted divorce to the person whilst atmosphere apart a tribulation courtroom's order of judicial separation of the couple who have been married in 1978 and have been residing in London.
A decree of judicial separation does now not dissolve a marriage and gives the couple time to introspect about their courting and decide if they wish to get again in combination, in contrast to a divorce which marks an finish to marriage.
Both the person and girl had challenged the trial courtroom resolution by means of separate appeals.
The guy wanted divorce contending that his spouse was once extraordinarily suspicious, steadily accused him of flirting round, abused him, threw tantrums and was once callous and irresponsible against his mom.
He had additionally mentioned that since filing of the divorce plea in 2002, they've been living one by one and there's no possibility of retrieval of their marriage.
The woman had challenged the trial courtroom resolution claiming she was once now not merciless to her husband and as an alternative he was once cheating on her together with his sister-in-law on every occasion he came to India.
Rejecting the lady's claims, the high courtroom mentioned it "agrees with the trial court that the respondent (wife) has treated the petitioner (husband) with cruelty and he has neither condoned the acts of cruelty nor cohabited with her."
"The petitioner has not taken advantage of any wrong as alleged by the respondent. This court is of the view that the petitioner is entitled to a decree of divorce on the ground of cruelty," it mentioned, including, "the marriage between the parties is dissolved by a decree of divorce on the ground of cruelty".
Holding that the allegations of illicit members of the family weren't true, Justice J R Midha granted divorce to the person whilst atmosphere apart a tribulation courtroom's order of judicial separation of the couple who have been married in 1978 and have been residing in London.
A decree of judicial separation does now not dissolve a marriage and gives the couple time to introspect about their courting and decide if they wish to get again in combination, in contrast to a divorce which marks an finish to marriage.
Both the person and girl had challenged the trial courtroom resolution by means of separate appeals.
The guy wanted divorce contending that his spouse was once extraordinarily suspicious, steadily accused him of flirting round, abused him, threw tantrums and was once callous and irresponsible against his mom.
He had additionally mentioned that since filing of the divorce plea in 2002, they've been living one by one and there's no possibility of retrieval of their marriage.
The woman had challenged the trial courtroom resolution claiming she was once now not merciless to her husband and as an alternative he was once cheating on her together with his sister-in-law on every occasion he came to India.
Rejecting the lady's claims, the high courtroom mentioned it "agrees with the trial court that the respondent (wife) has treated the petitioner (husband) with cruelty and he has neither condoned the acts of cruelty nor cohabited with her."
"The petitioner has not taken advantage of any wrong as alleged by the respondent. This court is of the view that the petitioner is entitled to a decree of divorce on the ground of cruelty," it mentioned, including, "the marriage between the parties is dissolved by a decree of divorce on the ground of cruelty".
Wife's allegation of infidelity is cruelty: HC
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