Supreme Court · 2001 INSC 153 · Decided 20 March 2001
Hirachand Sr!nivas Managaonkar v. Sunanda
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2001 INSC 153 · [2001] 2 S.C.R. 491
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1473/1999
- Decided
- 20 March 2001
- Bench
- D.P. MOHAPATRA, DORAISWAMY RAJU (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Hindu Marriage Act Section 10(2), 13, 23
Headnote
B Hindu Law: Hindu Marriage Act, 1955: Sections 10(2), 13(1-A)(i) and 23(l)(a). Judicial Separation-Maintenance not paid-Divorce petition- C Maintainability of-Decree for judicial separation passed on wife's application on ground of husband's adultery-Husband did not pay maintenance to wife and not resumed for a period of more than one year­ Held : It is nor mandatory to grant decree of divorce merely because there is D no cohabitation for the requisite period-After judicial separation it is the duty of both spouses to do their parts for cohabitation-Husband in refusing to
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