Divorce Granted After Court Finds Couple Separated for 24 Years Over Dispute Arising from Wife Taking Up Employment: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court of India has held that when spouses hold fundamentally opposite and irreconcilable views about marriage and refuse to accommodate each other, such conduct itself amounts to mental cruelty and becomes a valid ground for divorce. The Court emphasized that a marriage burdened with resentment, rigid positions, and absence of compromise cannot be expected to survive. Bench and Judicial Authority The judgment was delivered by a Division Bench…