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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI
SUJIT NARAYAN PRASAD, ARUN KUMAR RAI
Deepak Kumar Singh S/o Umesh Prasad Singh – Appellant
Versus
Sunita Devi D/o Late Haldar Singh – Respondent
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| 1. husband alleges cruelty from non-consummation, religious demands. (Para 1 , 2 , 3) |
| 2. wife denies satsang, alleges dowry pressure, seeks reconciliation. (Para 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12) |
| 3. parties contest trial findings on cruelty evidence appreciation. (Para 13 , 14 , 15 , 16) |
| 4. appellate court reviews trial issues on divorce cruelty. (Para 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21) |
| 5. husband's witnesses claim satsang concealment, cohabitation refusal. (Para 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29) |
| 6. wife's witnesses deny satsang, prove husband's refusal. (Para 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35) |
| 7. trial court holds no cruelty proved against wife. (Para 36 , 37 , 38) |
| 8. perverse finding ignores relevant evidence or defies logic. (Para 39 , 40 , 41) |
| 9. cruelty contextual, grave conduct causing mental agony. (Para 42 , 43 , 44 , 45 , 46 , 47 , 48 , 49 , 50 , 51 , 52 , 53 , 54 , 55) |
| 10. husband failed to prove cruelty, committed own wrong. (Para 56 , 57 , 58 , 59 , 60 , 61 , 62 , 63 , 64 , 65 , 66 , 67 , 68 , 69 , 70) |
| 11. religious adherence not cruelty without extreme detachment. (Para 71 , 72) |
| 12. no perversity; appeal dismissed upholding dismissal. (Para 73 , 74 , 75) |
JUDGMENT :
SUJIT NA
Husband's unproven allegations of wife's religious insistence, cohabitation refusal, and separate living demand do not constitute cruelty; his rebuff of her reconciliation efforts bars divorce as own....
To establish grounds for divorce under the Hindu Marriage Act, the conduct must amount to grave and weighty cruelty, which impacts the ability to continue marital life; ordinary disputes do not suffi....
Divorce on cruelty ground requires proof of grave, sustained conduct causing mental agony on preponderance of probabilities; mere counter-complaints, non-appearance, and non-compliance with ex-parte ....
The court found that allegations of cruelty must be substantiated with corroborative evidence, and in this case, the appellant failed to prove such claims, leading to the dismissal of the divorce sui....
Family court divorce decree on cruelty ground set aside as perverse for failing to scrutinize counter-allegations and evidence properly; appellate re-appreciation requires preponderance-based reasoni....
Mental cruelty, as defined under Hindu Marriage Act, can irreparably damage the trust and respect in marriage, providing sufficient grounds for divorce even without physical violence.
The court affirmed that the evidence of persistent cruelty justified the dissolution of marriage under Section 13(1)(ia) of the Hindu Marriage Act, establishing a clear breakdown of the marital relat....
Husband failed to prove cruelty or desertion in divorce suit; unproved illicit relationship allegation itself constitutes cruelty to wife; appellate court upholds trial findings absent perversity, re....
The court found that the allegations of adultery were unproven, while cruelty based on behavior was insufficiently substantiated; the judgment was thus overturned for lack of adequate evidence.
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