Divorce Upheld as Prolonged Denial of Marital Relations and Parental Alienation Constituted Mental Cruelty in Marriage: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court, in a judgment delivered in October 2025, upheld a Family Court’s order granting divorce to a husband who alleged that his wife subjected him to prolonged mental cruelty. The Division Bench observed that the couple had not shared any marital intimacy since 2008 and that the wife had deliberately distanced their son from the father, creating emotional anguish that exceeded the tolerance limits of a marital…
