The Supreme Court has upheld a decree of divorce granted to a husband, holding that persistent denial of conjugal relations without reasonable cause amounts to mental cruelty under Section 13(1)(ia) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955. A Bench of Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice Augustine George Masih dismissed the wife’s appeal and further held that
Denial of Sexual Relations Without Reason Constitutes Mental Cruelty; Supreme Court Upholds Divorce, Dissolves Marriage Under Article 142
