Calling Husband ‘Kempa, Nikhatu’ Due to His Disability Amounts to Mental Cruelty: Orissa High Court

The Orissa High Court has upheld a decree of divorce granted to a physically disabled man on the ground of mental cruelty, observing that repeated derogatory remarks by the wife, such as calling her husband “Kempa” and “Nikhatu”, were sufficient to constitute mental cruelty under Section 13(1)(i-a) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955. The Division

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