Supreme Court · 2007 INSC 184 · Decided 21 February 2007
SMT. Mayadevi v. Jagdish Prasad
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2007 INSC 184 · [2007] 2 S.C.R. 1040
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 877/2007
- Decided
- 21 February 2007
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, DALVEER BHANDARI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; Hindu Marriage Act
Headnote
Hindu Marriage Act, J955-Divorce petition-On the ground of cruelty-By husband-Decree of divorce granted by courts below-On appeal, C held: Facts of the case prove that the husband was subjected to mental and physical cruelty Hence, entitled to decree of divorce. Evidence-Matrimonial the shadow of doubt cannot be applied-Jn physical cruelty there can be tangible and direct D evidence, but in case of mental cruelty there may not be-Jn absence of direct evidence courts are required to probe into the mental process and mental ' effect of incidents that are brought out in
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