Supreme Court · 2021 INSC 123 · Decided 26 February 2021
Joydeep Majumdar v. Bharti Jaiswal Majumdar
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2021 INSC 123 · [2021] 2 S.C.R. 117
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 3786/2020
- Decided
- 26 February 2021
- Bench
- SANJAY KISHAN KAUL, DINESH MAHESHWARI, HRISHIKESH ROY (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Hindu Marriage Act
Headnote
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 - Divorce on the ground of mental cruelty - When reputation of spouse is sullied amongst his colleagues, his superiors and society at large, he cannot be expected to condone such conduct and continue with the matrimonial relationship case, army officer's career and reputation suffered due to wife's defamatory complaints to his superior in the Army and to the State Women Commission and also defamatory materials posted on other platforms - Explanation of wife that she made those complaints in order to protect
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