Supreme Court · 2003 INSC 236 · Decided 16 April 2003
Vijay Kumar Rama Chandra Bhate v. Neela Vijay Kumar Bhate
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2003 INSC 236 · [2003] 3 S.C.R. 607
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 7200/2001
- Decided
- 16 April 2003
- Bench
- DORAISWAMY RAJU, D.M. DHARMADHIKARI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Hindu Marriage Act Section 13(l)
Headnote
B Hindu law: Hindu Marriage Act, 1955; Section 13(l)(i-a): Petition for dissolution of marriage on ground of cruelty meted out to the wife-petition for restitution of conjugal rights and custody of children filed by the husband-Grant of dissolution of marriage and rejection of petition c for relationship-Withdrawal thereafter-Effect of-Restitution of D conjugal rights-Scope of-Held: such an accusation causing marital agony and suffering for the wife amounting to cruelty rendering maintenance of matrimonial home impossible-Withdrawal of accusation does not wipe out completely
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