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PATNA HIGH COURT
P.B. Bajanthri, S. B. PD. Singh, JJ
Nishi Kant Singh @ Amit Kumar Singh – Appellant
Versus
Sunita Devi – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. overview of marriage and key events (Para 2 , 3 , 4) |
| 2. parties’ contentions regarding divorce (Para 5 , 11) |
| 3. court’s observations on grounds for divorce (Para 10 , 15) |
| 4. legal standards for mental cruelty and divorce (Para 13 , 14 , 16 , 20) |
| 5. conclusion and orders related to alimony (Para 18 , 22 , 23 , 24) |
JUDGMENT
(Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S. B. PD. SINGH)
Date : 24-07-2025
Heard the parties.
2. The appellant has come up in this appeal against the judgment and decree dated 23.12.2016 & 05.01.2017 passed by the learned Principal Judge, Family Court, Kaimur (Bhabua) in Matrimonial Case No. 26 of 2006, whereby the petition filed by the appellant-husband under Section 13 (1) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (in short 'the 1955 Act') seeking dissolution of marriage by a decree of divorce, has been dismissed and the appellant was directed to pay arrears of interim maintenance immediately.
3. Succinctly, the marriage of appellant was solemnized with the respondent on 27th June 1988 as per Hindu rites and ceremonies. The marriage was duly consummated; and one female child namely Priyakant was born out of the wedlock.
4. The pleaded case of appellant-husband in his petit
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