The Delhi High Court has upheld a family court’s decision to grant divorce to a man, observing that he and his family were repeatedly subjected to abusive and derogatory language by his wife, which amounted to mental cruelty – a ground for divorce.
The family court, in its judgment pronounced in August 2023, had dissolved the marriage after the man pleaded for divorce on the grounds of cruelty.
The High Court’s October 17 order came on a petition filed by the woman challenging the decision of the family court.
The couple had married in January 2010 but cohabited for barely a year, and have been living separately for over 14 years.
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