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1 - 4 of 4 (0.38 seconds)Anjani Dei vs Krushna Chandra And Anr. on 26 October, 1953
In Anjani Dei v. Krushna Chandra, , their Lordships have observed as follows:--
Florence Amelia Thompson vs George S. Thompson on 29 November, 1911
"Verbal abuse and insults; the continual use of abusive and insulting words spitefully indulged in to bring shame and mental agony to the other spouse which will tend to undermine the health of that spouse may in the circumstance of any particular case amount to legal cruelty. More trivial incidents which are merely the wear and tear of married life do not constitute cruelty. Thompson v. Thompson, (1957) 1 All ER 101' Again, at page 984 of the same book, it is stated as follows:--
Smt. Umri Bai vs Chittar on 22 April, 1965
The harm apprehended may be mental suffering as distinct from bodily harm, for, pain of mind may be even more severe than bodily pain and a husband disposed to evil, may creat more misery in a sensitive and affectionate wife by a course of conduct addressed only to the mind than if, in fits of anger, he were to inflict occasional blows upon her person,
In Umri Bai v. Chittar, , their Lordships have pointed out that the legal concept of cruelty has varied from time to time, not in theory but in application, according as the social and economic conditions changed. They have pointed out that Clause (b) of Section 10(1) applies as well to cases of mental cruelty, which may cause even more serious injury than physical harm and create in the mind of the Injured such apprehension as is contemplated in this section. The question o£ cruelty must be determined from the whole of facts and the matrimonial relations between the spouses. It has to be determined as a cumulative effect of all the circumstances.
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