Husband Who Took Second Wife Cannot Claim Cruelty by First Wife, Divorce Plea Dismissed: Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court has refused to grant divorce to a husband who entered into a “Nata” relationship with another woman during the subsistence of his first marriage. The Court held that a husband cannot take advantage of his own wrongdoing and seek divorce on the grounds of cruelty and desertion after violating the principles of the Hindu Marriage Act. The judgment was delivered by a Division Bench comprising Justice…