"Mental Cruelty": Delhi High Court On Wife Repeatedly Leaving Matrimonial Home

The Delhi High Court observed that marriage "blooms" in the "fertile soil of mutual support, devotion and allegiance", and distance and abandonment breaks this bond beyond repair.

The Delhi High Court has ruled that a woman repeatedly leaving her matrimonial home, without any fault of her husband is an act of mental cruelty.

A bench headed by Justice Suresh Kumar Kait observed that marriage "blooms" in the "fertile soil of mutual support, devotion and allegiance", and distance and abandonment breaks this bond beyond repair.

The court's observation came while granting divorce to an estranged couple on the ground of cruelty and desertion by the wife.