Supreme Court · 2010 INSC 689 · Decided 8 October 2010
Gurbux Singh v. Harminder Kaur
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2010 INSC 689 · [2010] 12 S.C.R. 275
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 5010/2007
- Decided
- 8 October 2010
- Bench
- P. SATHASIVAM, B.S. CHAUHAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 142; Hindu Marriage Act Section 13
Headnote
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955: s. 13 - Divorce on the grC!und of cruelty - Held: It is essential for the spouse, claiming relief, , A B to prove that a particular/part of conduct or behaviour resulted C in cruelty to him/her - The married life should be assessed as a whole and a few isolated iostances - Mere trivial irritations, quarrels, normal wear and tear of married life which happens in day to day life in all families would not be adequate .for grant of o · divorce on the ground of cruelty - An isolated friction on some occasion like festival of Lohri even in the presence of
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