Baseless Allegation Of Sexual Harassment By Wife Against Husband And Father-In-Law Constitutes Mental Cruelty: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court has allowed a divorce petition filed by a husband under Section 13(1)(i-a) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, ruling that the wife’s unproven sexual allegations against him and his father amounted to mental cruelty and defamation. The Court reversed the earlier order of the Family Court, which had dismissed the husband’s plea and allowed the wife’s petition for restitution of conjugal rights. Marriage and Family Background…