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Sl.
No.
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Citation
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Name of the Parties
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Grounds for Divorce
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1.
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AIR 1950
SIND- 8
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Mt.
Noor Bibi
vs.
Pir
Bux (Sind Chief Court)(DB)
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Neglect
or failure to maintain wife -Dissolution of her marriage
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2.
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AIR 1954 SC-176
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Chilukuri Venkateswarlu
vs.
Chilukuri Venkatanarayana
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Divorce
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3.
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AIR 1957 SC-176
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Bipinchandra
Jaisinghbhai Shah
vs
Prabhavati
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Desertion
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4.
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AIR 1958 SC-441
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Earnest John White
Vs
Kathleen Olive White (Nee Meade) and others
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Decree nisi for
dissolution of marriage.
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5.
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AIR 1964 SC-40
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Lachman Utamchand
Kirpalani
vs.
Meena @ Mota
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Desertion
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6.
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AIR 1965 SC-364
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Mahendra Manilal
Nanavati
vs.
Sushila Mahendra
Nanavati
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Annulment of marriage-Wife
already pregnant at the time of marriage.
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7.
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AIR 1967
SC- 581
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Smt. Chandra Mohini Srivastava
vs
Shri Avinash Prasad Srivastava and others
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Ground that wife living in Adultery. Divorce
decree follows decree for judicial separation.
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8.
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AIR 1968 SC-142
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Gurdit Singh
VS
Mst. Angrez Kaur and others
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Customs
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9.
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AIR 1970 SC-137
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Yuvraj Digvijay Singh
vs.
Yuvrani Pratap Kumari
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Appellant husband has not established that the
respondent wife impotent at the time of marriage & appeal is dismissed.
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10.
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AIR 1972 SC- 2667,
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Lakshmi Sanyal
vs
Sachit Kumar Dhar
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Christian
marriage is dissolved.
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11.
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AIR
1974 SC-165
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Swarajya Lakshmi
VS
Dr. G.G. Padma Rao
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“Virulent” leprosy
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12.
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AIR 1975 SC- 1534
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Dr. N.G. Dastane
v.
Mrs. S. Dastane
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Divorce
case needs proof beyond reasonable doubt
& Divorce evidence.
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13.
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(1978) 3 SCC-258
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Lila Gupta
vs.
Laxmi Narain
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Marriage solemnized
after divorce but within one year of the date of divorce.
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14.
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(1979) 4 SCC-258
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V.K.Gupta
Vs
Nirmala Gupta
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Husband seeking divorce,
failing in all courts and finally seeking SLP from Supreme Court.
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15.
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(1981) 2 SCC-509
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Zohara Khatoon
vs.
Mohd.Ibrahim
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Divorced wife is wife
till remarried
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16.
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(1982) 2 SCC-373
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Khatoon
vs.
Mohd. Yamin
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Husband, a muslim,
writing to wife to come back home otherwise the letter would be treated as a
divorce.
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17.
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(1983) 3 SCC-522
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Aruna
Basu Mullick
Vs
Dorothea
Mitra
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Decree
for alimony and maintenance is not extinguished on the death of the husband
and is executable against the deceased husband’s estate in the hands of his
heirs.
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18.
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AIR 1984
SC-1562
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Saroj
Rani
v.
Sudarshan
Kumar Chadha,
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Husband had intention of divorce to his wife.
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19.
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(1988) 1 SCC-105
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Shobha Rani
Vs.
Madhukar Reddi
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Continuous demands of
dowry made on wife(Cruelty).
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20.
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AIR 1990 SC-594
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Sanat Kumar Agarwal
vs
Smt. Nandini Agarwal
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Desertion(Gurawat Custom).
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21.
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(1991) 3 SCC-451
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Y.Narsimha Rao
vs.
V.Venkata Lakshmi
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Divorce by Foreign
Court.
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22.
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AIR 1992
SC-1904
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Smt.
Sureshta Devi
v.
Om
Parkash, (SC)
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Mutual consent to the divorce. It is open to one
of the parties at any time till decree of divorce is passed withdraw the
consent given to the petition.
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23.
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(1992)
2 SCC-562
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Anita
Laxmi Narayan Singh
Vs
.Laxmi
Narain Singh
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Divorce petition filed by husband in Bombay and
wife filed petition for transfer of case to Ghaziabad .
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24.
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(1994) 1 SCC 337
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V.Bhagat
Vs.
D.Bhagat(Mrs.)
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Merely
because there are allegations & counter allegations, a decree of divorce
cannot follow. Marriage is dissolved & the honour & character of the
respondent wife stands vindicated.
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25.
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(1995) 2 SCC- 7
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Romesh
Chander
v.
Savitri,
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When marriage is dead, emotionally &
practically,& there is no chance of its being retrieved, continuance of
it would be cruelty. The dissolution of marriage shall come into effect from
the date the house is transferred & possession in handed over to the
respondent wife.
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26.
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(1997) 4 SCC-226
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Ashok Hurra
vs.
Rupa Bipin Zaveri
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Filed joint petition
for divorce & later on wife filed application for withdrawing her consent
for divorce. Conditional decree is passed & shall take effect only on
payment of ten lacks.
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27.
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(1997) 11 SCC701
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Balwinder
Kaur
v.
Hardeep
Singh,
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Ex-parte decree of divorce
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28.
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(1998) 8 SCC 296
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Mr.”X”
vs.
Hospital”Z”.
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Spouse suffering from HIV
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29.
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(1999) 3 SCC-620
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S. Hanumantha Rao
Vs
S. Ramani
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Mental Cruelty
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30.
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(2000) 3 SCC-180
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Rohtash Singh
vs.
Ramendri
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Divorced woman, enjoys
status of wife to claim maintenance
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31.
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AIR 2001 SC-1709
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Chetan Dass
Vs
Kamla Devi
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Divorce – Broken marriage irretrievably
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32.
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(2002) 2 SCC-73
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Savitri Pandey
vs.
Prem Chandra Pandey
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Divorce &
Remarriage-Desertion
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33.
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(2004)
7 SCC-747
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Shyam Sundar Kohli
Vs.
Sushma Kohli
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Husband
made baseless allegations of bigamy against wife - Wife was forced to desert
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34.
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(2004)
10 SCC161
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Perminder Charan Singh
vs.
Harjit Kaur
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Fact of wife being a divorced at the time of
marriage suppressed-Annulment of marriage.
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35.
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(2005)
2 SCC-22
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A.Jayachandra
vs.
Aneel Kaur
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When the husband was guilty of misconduct he could
not claim divorce & could not take advantage of his own wrong.
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36.
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(2005) 7 SCC-353
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Durga
Prasanna Tripathy
v.
Arundhati
Tripathy
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Living apart for 14 years-Irretrievable
breakdown of marriage & permanent alimony
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37.
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(2006) 3 SCC 778
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Vinita
Saxena
vs.
Pankaj
Pandit
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Mental disorder/Paranoid Schizophrenia.
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38.
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(2007) 4 SCC 511
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Samar Ghosh
v.
Jaya Ghosh
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Cruelty-Wife’s
indifference & neglect of husband during his illness & refusal to
cohabit with husband.
Definition of mental
cruelty.
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39.
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(2009) 1 SCC-422
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Suman Kapur
Vs.
Sudhir Kapur
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Concept, degree, types
& ingredients of cruelty explained/laid down. Husband remarrying within
60 days of decree of divorce confirmed by High Court.
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40.
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(2009) 12 SCC270
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Alok
Mishra
v.
Garima
Mishra
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Settlement
between the parties with the efforts of Mediators
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41.
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(2010)
14 SCC301
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Gurbux
Singh
v.
Harminder
Kaur (SC)
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Wear and tear is not valid ground for divorce
..Husband seeking divorce on the ground that his wife abused his parents on
'Lohri' festival in presence relatives and neighbours
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42.
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(2011)
12 SCC- 1
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Pankaj Mahajan
Vs
Dimple @ Kajal
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Divorce on ground of
unsoundness of mind & permanent
alimony
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43.
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(2012)
11 SCC748
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Rahul Dubey
vs.
Vibha Dubey
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Ex parte Divorce decree
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44.
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(2013)
2 SCC 114
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U.
Sree
v.
U.
Srinivas
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She had threatened that
his life shall be endangered if he took any musical concert. Decree for
dissolution of marriage is affirmed only on the ground of mental cruelty.
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45.
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(2013)
9 SCC-1
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Darshan Gupta
Vs.
Radhika Gupta
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Divorce on fault theory
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46.
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(2014)
16 SCC-34
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K.Srinivas
Vs.
K.Sunita
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Irretrievable breakdown
of marriage
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47.
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(2015) 1 SCC-365
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Dipanwita Roy
Vs
Ronobroto Roy
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Husband seeking divorce on ground of infidelity of
wife after holding of DNA test
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48.
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2016 (2)
DMC 32
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SA
v.
AA
(Delhi)
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Wife used to call husband "Mota Hathi"
(Fat Elephant) repeatedly - Husband entitled to seek divorce
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49.
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(2016) 9 SCC-455
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Narendra
vs.
K.Meena
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Wife
separating husband from parents ground for divorce and Wife tried to commit
suicide but saved by husband - Husband entitled to seek divorce on ground of
cruelty.
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50.
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(2017)
4 SCC-85
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Suman
Singh
Vs.
Sanjay
Singh
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Few
isolated incidents of long past and that too condoned due to compromising
behavior of parties-Not amounts to cruelty.
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51.
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(2017)3SCC726
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Jitender
Arora and Ors.
Vs.
Respondent:
Sukriti Arora and Ors.
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Both
the divorce decrees are ex-parte against each other. Both of them wanted
divorce from each other
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52.
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(2017) 8
SCC-746
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Amardeep Singh
Vs
Harveen Kaur
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Cooling-off
period of six months.
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53.
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(2018) 1 SCC-1
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Santhini
Vs.
Vijaya
Venketesh
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Right of video
conferencing facilities
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