Supreme Court reiterates persistent refusal of sexual relations without reason constitutes mental cruelty, upholds divorce after 15 years of separation

The Supreme Court has upheld a decree of divorce in favour of a doctor, holding that persistent denial of conjugal rights, including refusal of sexual relations without reasonable cause, amounts to mental cruelty under the Hindu Marriage Act. The Court also observed that where spouses have lived separately for over 15 years with no genuine effort at reconciliation, compelling them to continue the marriage would itself amount to cruelty.

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