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Section 13B in The Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 [Entire Act]
Section 13 in The Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 [Entire Act]
Section 506 in The Indian Penal Code, 1860 [Entire Act]
Section 109 in The Indian Penal Code, 1860 [Entire Act]
Section 323 in The Indian Penal Code, 1860 [Entire Act]
K. Srinivas Rao vs D.A. Deepa on 22 February, 2013
"So far as the finding of the trial Court regarding
cruelty on the basis of involvement in a false criminal
case is concerned, it may be said that it in itself
constitutes sufficient ground for granting divorce as it
amounted to cruelty. Reference in this regard may be
GURBACHAN SINGH
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made to the case in K. Srinivas Rao v. D.A. Deepa
(2013) 5 SCC 226: AIR 2013 SC 2176, where it was
held by Hon'ble the Supreme Court that where
indecent/ defamatory statements are made in the
complaint/ criminal proceedings, the same singly and
cumulatively amounted to mental cruelty warranting
grant of divorce. If a false complaint is filed against
the spouse or his/her relatives, it amounted to mental
cruelty. In the said case also, wife had filed a case
under Section 498-A IPC and the husband and his
family members were acquitted and decree of divorce
was granted to the husband on that ground, as it
amounted to mental cruelty."
Section 161 in The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 [Entire Act]
Samar Ghosh vs Jaya Ghosh on 26 March, 2007
11. Further, setting out illustrative cases of mental cruelty, the
Supreme Court in Samar Ghosh v. Jaya Ghosh, (2007) 4 SCC 511 had
held as under:-