Supreme Court · 2007 INSC 338 · Decided 26 March 2007
Samarghosh v. Jaya Ghosh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2007 INSC 338 · [2007] 4 S.C.R. 428
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 151/2004
- Decided
- 26 March 2007
- Bench
- B.N. AGRAWAL, P.P. NAOLEKAR, DALVEER BHANDARI (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Matrimonial Disputes: 4- -... c Divorce-On ground of mental cruelty- 'Mental cruelty '-Instances illustrated-On facts, Held: wife's unilateral decision immediately after marriage, not to have any child from the marriage, her refusal to respect marital bond and discharge obligations of marital would certainly cause great annoyance to him leading to mental cruelty-Parties D living separately for more than 16 years, irresistible conclusion would be that matrimonial bond has been ruptured beyond repair because of mental cruelty caused by the wife. Respondent, mother of a girl
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