Supreme Court · 2012 INSC 269 · Decided 4 July 2012
Vishwanath S/O Sitaram Agrawal v. SAU. Sarla Vishwanath Agrawal
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2012 INSC 269 · [2012] 7 S.C.R. 607
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 4905/2012
- Decided
- 4 July 2012
- Bench
- DEEPAK VERMA, DIPAK MISRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 136; Hindu Marriage Act Section 13(1)(ia)
Headnote
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 - s. 13(1)(ia) - Divorce petition filed by husband - On ground of cruelty - Held: The conduct A 8 of the wife and circumstances of the case make it graphically C clear that the wife had really humiliated the husband and caused him mental cruelty - Her conduct clearly agony and anguish in the mind of the husband - The wife publicised in the newspapers that the husband was a womaniser and a drunkard - She made wild o allegations about his character - She made an effort to prosecute him in criminal litigations which she failed to prove - The cumulative effect
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