Supreme Court · 2015 INSC 148 · Decided 24 February 2015
Ramchander v. Ananta
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2015 INSC 148 · [2015] 2 S.C.R. 255
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 3483/2011
- Decided
- 24 February 2015
- Bench
- VIKRAMAJIT SEN, C. NAGAPPAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC; Hindu Marriage Act Section 13
Headnote
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 - ss.13(1 )(i-a) and 13(1 )(i-b) A B - Petition for divorce - By husband - On the grounds of mental cruelty and desertion - Decree of divorce granted by trial court - Decree set aside by High Court - On appeal, C held: The alleged conduct of the wife is not so grave and and tear of married life - The ground of desertion also is not established in view of the evidence of three witnesses, who had seen the couple together as spouses even after the D alleged date of desertion - The marriage also cannot be said to have irretrievably broken down - Decree of divorce
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