Supreme Court · 2017 INSC 215 · Decided 8 March 2017
Suman Singh v. Sanjay Singh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2017 INSC 215 · [2017] 2 S.C.R. 788
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 7114/2014
- Decided
- 8 March 2017
- Bench
- R.K. AGRAWAL, ABHAY MANOHAR SAPRE (2-judge bench)
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Hindu Marriage Act Section 13
Headnote
F G H (2017] 2 S.C.R. 788 SUMAN SINGH v. SANJAY SINGH (Civil Appeal Nos. 7114-7115 of2014) MARCH 08, 2017 [R: K. AGRAWAL AND ABHAY MANOHAR SAPRE, JJ.) Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 - s.JJ(J){ia) - Divorce on the ground of cruelty - A petition seeking divorce on some isolated incidents alleged to have or continuing one and they should be in near proximity with the filing of the petition - Few isolated incidents of long past and that too found to have been condoned due to compromising behavior of the parties cannot constitute an act of cruelty within the meaning of s. JJ(J)(ia) of the Act.
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