Supreme Court · 2011 INSC 735 · Decided 30 September 2011
Pankaj Mahajan v. Dimple @ Kajal
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2011 INSC 735 · [2011] 14 S.C.R. 945
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 8402/2011
- Decided
- 30 September 2011
- Bench
- P. SATHASIVAM, B.S. CHAUHAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Hindu Marriage Act Section 13
Headnote
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 - s.13 - Husband filed petition for dissolution of marriage by decree of divorce on grounds A B of (I) 'cruelty' and (ii) incurable 'unsound mind' of wife - C Whether appellant-husband made out a case for divorce · against the respondent-wife on grounds of 'cruelty' established and proved both the grounds - From the side of appellant, various doctors and other witnesses were examined to prove that respondent D was suffering from mental disorder - All the four doctors/ . Psychiatrists who treated the respondent - PW-1, PW-2, PW-· 3 and PW-7, and
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