Husband gets divorce on grounds of mental cruelty

May 08, 2017

A Delhi court recently granted divorce to a distressed husband after concluding that he suffered prolonged mental cruelty by his estranged wife. As per the suit, they got married in 2001 and soon after, the husband realized that the woman had a mental disorder and that she was being treated in a well-known city hospital before they got married. The court agreed that the wife had done cruelty by hiding the fact that she had received treatment for a mental disorder and that she was delusional. Initially, both the parties agreed for a divorce by mutual consent and their statements were recorded for the divorce. However, the wife later withdrew her consent. The matter went up to the Supreme Court which held that the divorce could not be granted as the wife had withdrawn her consent. The husband then filed for annulment of the marriage. The judge came to the conclusion that the evidence distinctly showed that & quot the wife was highly delusional, indulging in various acts and omissions that constituted cruelty, and it would be harmful and injurious for the husband to live with her& quot .