Supreme Court of India

Naveen Kohli v. Neelu Kohli

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Reported as [2006] 3 S.C.R. 53

Bench B.N. Agrawal, A.K. Mathur and Dalveer Bhandari JJ.

Decided 21 March 2006

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What the Court ordered

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Judgment, page 23

From the headnote

Hindu Law: Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (as amended by 1976 Amendment): Sections JO and 13. Irretrievable breakdown of marriage--Ground for divorce-Cruelty in matrimonial cases-Husband filed a petition for divorce alleging that the wife was a bad-tempered woman of rude behaviour-It was further alleged that she, in collusion with her parents, got sufficient business property transferred in her name and that she indulged in indecent behaviour-The wife filed criminal cases against the· husband and made efforts to get him arrested thereby revealing her deep and intense feeling of revenge against the

Authorities it was built on

1963 Lachman Utamchand Kirpalani v. Meena Alias Mota cited by 9
1981 Sirajmohmedkhan Janmohamadkhan v. Hafizunnisa Yasinkhan & Anr. cited by 8

Where later benches applied it

2023 Dr. Nirmal Singh Panesar v. Mrs. Paramjit Kaur Panesar @ Ajinder Kaur Panesar relied on
2021 Sivasankaran v. Santhimeenal relied on
2019 R. Srinivas Kumar v. R. Shametha relied on
2024 Rinku Baheti v. Sandesh Sharda followed
2026 Sonal Talpada v. Veerbhan Singh referred to
2023 Shilpa Sailesh v. Varun Sreenivasan referred to
2020 Mangayarkarasi v. M. Yuvaraj referred to
2018 Usha Uday Khiwansara v. Uday Kumar Jethamal Khiwansara referred to
2013 K. Srinivas Rao v. D.A. Deepa referred to

Of those, 3 relied on · 1 followed · 5 referred to

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