{"id":52664,"date":"2018-05-07T11:12:04","date_gmt":"2018-05-07T05:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=52664"},"modified":"2018-05-07T11:12:04","modified_gmt":"2018-05-07T05:42:04","slug":"wifes-allegation-of-infidelity-is-cruelty-says-high-court-grants-divorce-to-husband","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wifes-allegation-of-infidelity-is-cruelty-says-high-court-grants-divorce-to-husband","title":{"rendered":"Wife&#8217;s allegation of infidelity is cruelty, says High Court; grants divorce to husband"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/delhi-high-court-4.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"52554\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/high-court-questioned-kumar-vishwas-wants-cross-examine-jaitley\/delhi-high-court-98\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/delhi-high-court-4.jpg?fit=500%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"delhi high court\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/delhi-high-court-4.jpg?fit=500%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-52554\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/delhi-high-court-4.jpg?resize=345%2C207&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"345\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/delhi-high-court-4.jpg?resize=300%2C180&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/delhi-high-court-4.jpg?resize=150%2C90&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/delhi-high-court-4.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 345px) 100vw, 345px\" \/><\/a>The Delhi High Court has granted divorce to a man holding that his estranged wife&#8217;s false allegation of illicit relation between him and his widowed sister-in-law amounted to cruelty.<\/p>\n<p>Holding that the allegations of illicit relations were not true, Justice J R Midha granted divorce to the man while setting aside a trial court&#8217;s order of judicial separation of the couple who were married in 1978 and were residing in London.<\/p>\n<p>A decree of judicial separation does not dissolve a marriage and gives the couple time to introspect about their relationship and decide if they want to get back together, unlike a divorce which marks an end to marriage.<\/p>\n<p>Both the man and woman had challenged the trial court decision by separate appeals.<\/p>\n<p>The man wanted divorce contending that his wife was extremely suspicious, often accused him of flirting around, abused him, threw tantrums and was callous and irresponsible towards his mother.<\/p>\n<p>He had also said that since filing of the divorce plea in 2002, they have been living separately and there is no possibility of retrieval of their marriage.<\/p>\n<p>The woman had challenged the trial court decision claiming she was not cruel to her husband and instead he was cheating on her with his sister-in-law whenever he came to India.<\/p>\n<p>Rejecting the woman&#8217;s claims, the high court said it &#8220;agrees with the trial court that the respondent (wife) has treated the petitioner (husband) with cruelty and he has neither condoned the acts of cruelty nor cohabited with her.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The petitioner has not taken advantage of any wrong as alleged by the respondent. This court is of the view that the petitioner is entitled to a decree of divorce on the ground of cruelty,&#8221; it said, adding, &#8220;the marriage between the parties is dissolved by a decree of divorce on the ground of cruelty&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Delhi High Court has granted divorce to a man holding that his estranged wife&#8217;s false allegation of illicit relation between him and his widowed sister-in-law amounted to cruelty. 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