Isolated Quarrels Cannot Constitute Mental Cruelty Without Sustained Conduct: Patna High Court
The Patna High Court has set aside a divorce decree passed by the Family Court, Lakhisarai, holding that isolated incidents of marital quarrels, verbal allegations and family disputes cannot by themselves establish the sustained and serious course of conduct required to prove mental cruelty. A Division Bench comprising Justice Bibek Chaudhuri and Justice Rana Vikram Singh delivered the judgment on August 6, 2026, in the case of Jyoti Rani v.…
