Supreme Court of India

Vinit Saxena v. Pankaj Pandit

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Reported as [2006] 3 S.C.R. 116
Bench Ruma Pal J.
Decided 21 March 2006

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Hindu law: Hindu Marriage Act, 1955: Section 13(/)(i-a) and (iii). Divorce-Cruelty and mental disorder-Non-consummation of marriage-Marriage solemnized in 1993-Marriage lasted only for jive months but was never consummated as the husband was incapable of performing his matrimonial obligations-Wife was treated with utmost cruelty both mental and physical by husband's mother-Husband was a case of Paranoid Schizophrenia and under constant medical treatment even prior to marriage­ Wife filed a petition for divorce on grounds of mental and physical cruelty­ The wife's case was that on account of

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