with utmost
cruelty both mental and physical and that the reason for cruelty was the respondent's
mental disorder. The respondent's case ... Further ground for grant of divorce on the plea of mental insanity/mental disorder is
different than cruelty. The appellant, in our view, had proved
appellant-husband had failed to establish, that the mental unsoundness
of mind or mental disorder of the respondent-wife was of such degree, that ... mind, psychopathic disorder or any
other disorder or disability of mind and includes schizophrenia;
(b) the expression “psychopathic disorder” means a persistent
disorder or disability
about a lowering of the higher mental functions.
"Schizophrenia" is described thus:
"A severe mental disorder (or group of disorders)
charac-terized ... Mental Health Act, 1959, is in very wide
language indeed. It includes mental illness, arrested or
incomplete development of mind, psychopathic disorder,
and any other
that the respondent has
been suffering from acute mental depression coupled with
Schizophrenia, a mental disorder and illness at intervals
with Psychopathic disorder since developed ... could not be cured of her mental sickness. The
respondent is, therefore, suffering from major mental
disorder in which she has suicidal tendency and becomes
that the wife was suffering from mental disorder as contemplated by Sec. 13(1)(iii) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955. The admitted facts ... psychopathic disorder or any other disorder or disability of mind and includes schizophrenia;
(b) the expression "psychopathic disorder" means a persistent disorder
Court are:
1) Whether the respondent is suffering from a serious mental
disorder i.e. schizophrenia or incurable unsoundness of mind,
and can this ... interpreted and the meanings of 'unsound mind' and 'mental disorder' as
occurring in the above provisions of the Act are examined
chronic
patient of Schizophrenia and he was suffering from acute
mental disorder on the date of the incident. At the time of
the incident ... mental illness, but this is not
enough to draw presumption that at the time of incident also
he was suffering from mental disorder. In view
null and void as the
respondent suffers from chronic and incurable mental
disorder and is not in a fit mental state to lead a married ... mental condition. The Court did not accept the case of the
appellant that the respondent was suffering from chronic and
incurable mental disorder and that
husband/ plaintiff that the wife was suffering from the mental disorder of the type 'schizophrenia' at the time of their marriage ... psychopathic disorder or any other disorder or disability of mind and includes schizophrenia;
(b) The expression 'psychopathic disorder' means a persistent disorder
such as would demonstrate that she was mentally unsound and was suffering from some mental disorder. In fact, according to him, she was suffering from ... further denied that she has been suffering from any mental disorder and she washed her hands 5/6 times almost on ten occasions
