Hindu Marriage Act – Divorce Granted to Wife on Grounds of Cruelty and Irretrievable Breakdown of Marriage: Patna High Court

The Patna High Court, on 13 August 2025, delivered a landmark judgment in the case titled Prity Raj VERSUS Shishir Kumar, Miscellaneous Appeal No. 91 of 2021, allowing the wife’s appeal for divorce under Section 13(1)(i-a) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, on the grounds of cruelty and long separation. The appeal was filed against the order of the Principal Judge, Family Court, Purnea, who had earlier dismissed the wife’s…