Ill-Treatment of Children by a Spouse Constitutes Cruelty Under Section 10(1) of the Divorce Act: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court has held that ill-treatment of children by one spouse constitutes mental cruelty to the other spouse and is a valid ground for dissolution of marriage under Section 10(1)(x) of the Divorce Act, 1869. A Division Bench comprising Justice Sathish Ninan and Justice P. Krishna Kumar made this observation while upholding a Family Court decree granting divorce to the husband. The Court, however, partly allowed the wife’s…
