Mumbai Family Court Grants Divorce After 12-Year Legal Battle, Says Unsubstantiated Allegations Amount To Mental Cruelty
A Mumbai Family Court has dissolved a couple’s marriage, ruling that making unsubstantiated allegations about a spouse’s character, including extramarital affairs and drinking habits, amounts to mental cruelty and can serve as grounds for divorce. The legal proceedings lasted more than 12 years. Court grants divorce on cruelty grounds The case involves a 59-year-old former Indian Air Force…
A Mumbai Family Court has granted a divorce to a 59-year-old former Indian Air Force officer after a 12-year legal battle, ruling that his wife's unsubstantiated allegations of his character, including extramarital affairs and alcoholism, amounted to mental cruelty. The court allowed the husband to retain residence in their Kandivli flat and directed his wife to return the property documents.
According to The Times of India, the court observed that while cruelty is not explicitly defined under the Hindu Marriage Act, allegations without evidence can be considered mental cruelty. The wife, a lawyer, had filed for divorce in 2014, alleging physical, sexual, psychological, and economic abuse, as well as her husband's violence, alcoholism, and unfaithfulness.
The husband denied these claims, stating his wife had accused him of having affairs during official trips and pressuring him to leave the Indian Air Force for a private-sector job.
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