Questioning Husband’s Legitimacy and Casting Aspersions on His Mother Constitute Mental Cruelty: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has reaffirmed that making obscene, abusive, and scandalous allegations against one’s spouse and their family constitutes matrimonial cruelty under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955. A Division Bench comprising Justice Anil Kshetarpal and Justice Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar upheld the divorce decree granted by the Family Court in favor of the Respondent-husband, observing that the wife’s repeated use of degrading language and vile messages amounted to mental cruelty…
