Supreme Court · 1988 INSC 271 · Decided 12 September 1988
Ram Narain Gupta v. SMT. Rameshwari Gupta
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1988 INSC 271 · [1988] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 913
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2377/1987
- Decided
- 12 September 1988
- Bench
- A.P. SEN, M.N. VENKATACHALIAH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Hindu Marriage Act Section 13(1)(iii)
Headnote
Hindu Marriaf(e Act, 1955-Section J3(J)(iii)-Dissolution of marriage-All mental disorders not recognised as grounds for grant of decree-Degree of severity or acuteness of-To be proved-Burden of proof on the spouse who alleges-Mere branding of a person as Schizaphrenic not enough. The appellant and marriage, alleging that his wife was suffering from severe mental disorder, psychiatrically recog­ nised as 'Schizophrenia' which rendered her unsociable and despite competent professional treatment, her condition deteriorated to the point . of making 1nanifest in her suicidal te.ndencies and
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