Demanding ₹2 Crore for Mutual Divorce and Refusing to Resume Matrimonial Life Constitutes Mental Cruelty: Chhattisgarh High Court
The Chhattisgarh High Court has upheld a decree of divorce granted under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, holding that a wife's refusal to return to her matrimonial home despite repeated efforts for reconciliation and her demand of ₹2 crore for granting mutual divorce amounted to mental cruelty and desertion. The Court dismissed the wife's appeal and affirmed the judgment of the Family Court granting divorce to the husband. Background of…
