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Falsely accusing spouse of infidelity constitutes mental cruelty: Delhi HC
Updated On: 26 April, 2024 05:22 PM IST | New Delhi | mid-day online correspondent
The court said that making baseless accusations against a spouse, especially involving character and fidelity, and further rejecting the children`s legitimacy inflicts profound mental anguish and damages the matrimonial bond irreparably
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The decision was delivered by a Division Bench comprising Justice Suresh Kumar Kait and Justice Neena Bansal Krishna.
A husband`s plea for divorce was upheld by the Delhi High Court in a recent ruling after it was denied by a family court. The ruling said that falsely accusing a spouse of having an extramarital affair and denying parentage of children amounts to severe mental cruelty.
The decision was delivered by a Division Bench comprising Justice Suresh Kumar Kait and Justice Neena Bansal Krishna, who upheld a family court`s verdict as the husband asked for it on the grounds of alleged cruelty by his wife.
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