Bombay High Court Allows Husband's Divorce on Grounds of Cruelty and Desertion Under Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 — Wife's Counterclaim for Restitution of Conjugal Rights Dismissed. The court upheld the Family Court's finding that false complaints by the wife to police and employer constituted mental cruelty under Section 13(1)(ia), and that desertion under Section 13(1)(ib) was proved by the wife's intentional withdrawal from cohabitation without reasonable cause.
16 Mar 2017The case involves two appeals arising from a common judgment of the Family Court at Bandra, Mumbai, in a divorce petition filed by the husband under S...






