False Cases by Wife Leading to Husband’s Arrest and 17-Year Separation Amount to Mental Cruelty, Divorce Upheld: Calcutta High Court
On 7th April 2026, the Calcutta High Court delivered an important judgment in a matrimonial dispute under Section 13(1)(ia) of the HINDU MARRIAGE ACT. The parties, Saranjit Kaur Hura and Inder Singh Hura, were married on 27 April 2005 and had a son in 2007. The wife left the matrimonial home on 2 November 2009. Soon after, in January 2010, the husband filed a divorce petition, marking the beginning of…