Family Courts Must Assess Oral Evidence in Light of Normal Human Behaviour Without Generalisation or Stereotyping: Kerala High Court

In a significant judgment delivered by the Kerala High Court, the Division Bench comprising Justice Devan Ramachandran and Justice M.B. Snehalatha emphasized that Family Courts must evaluate testimonies in the backdrop of normal human behaviour and should avoid generalisation or stereotyping. The Court further clarified that in matrimonial cases where evidence is largely oral, the court must rely on the preponderance of probabilities to arrive at a just conclusion. Case…