Supreme Court · 2012 INSC 578 · Decided 11 December 2012
U. Sree v. U. Srinivas
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2012 INSC 578 · [2012] 11 S.C.R. 256
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 8927/2012
- Decided
- 11 December 2012
- Bench
- K.S. RADHAKRISHNAN, DIPAK MISRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Evidence Act Section 65; Constitution Article 136; Hindu Marriage Act Section 13(1)(ia), 25, 9, 7; Family Courts Act Section 7
Headnote
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 - s.13(1)(ia) - Divorce - Grant of - In favour of husband - On ground of "mental cruelty" - C Justification - Held: Justified - Respondent-husband, who pursued a career in music, clearly deposed about the constant and consistent ill-treatment meted out to him by (routine practice and teaming of music under the guidance o of his father who was a/so his "guru" in "the Guru-Sishya Parampara" i.e. the tradition of teacher and disciple), and exhibited total indifference and, in a way, contempt to the tradition of teacher and
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