Rs 2 cr demand, refusing to live with husband amounts to mental cruelty: Chhattisgarh HC
The Chhattisgarh High Court upheld a divorce decree, ruling that a wife's refusal to live with her husband and her demand for a large financial settlement constitutes mental cruelty. The court also maintained the original alimony award of Rs 10 lakh.
Why it matters
This ruling clarifies legal interpretations of 'mental cruelty' in Indian family law, specifically regarding marital desertion and financial demands.
NEW DELHI: The Chhattisgarh high court has upheld a family court's order granting a husband divorce from his wife. The court held that her refusal to live with him again, along with her demand for Rs 2 crore to agree to the divorce, amounted to mental cruelty. The court dismissed the wife's appeal on July 7 and also upheld the Rs 10 lakh alimony she had been awarded.Why did the husband seek divorce?According to the court order, the couple got married in June 2020. The husband later went to the family court asking for divorce. He said the marriage broke down after the wife's relations with his family turned bad, and she left the matrimonial home in February 2022.
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