Supreme Court of India
Rishikesh Sharma v. Saroj Sharma
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What the Court ordered
We are of the opinion that her desire to live with her husband at this stage and at this distance of time is not genuine.
Judgment, page 4
From the headnote
Hindu Law: Hindu Marriage Act; Section 28: c Husband filing petition for dissolution of marriage on ground of mental cruelty and desertion-Dismissed by trial Court-First appeal dismissed by High Court-On appeal, Held: Both the husband and the wife living separately and working for last 49 years-Wife repeatedly filing criminal cases against her husband-Only child born out of the wedlock has already been given in marriage-Marriage irretrievably broken down with no possibility of the parties living together again-No useful purpose would be served by compelling both the parties to live together
Where later benches applied it
- 2017 Amardeep Singh v. Harveen Kaur
- 2011 Ab. Bhaskara Rao v. Inspector of Police, Cbi Visakhapatnam
- 2010 Manish Goel v. Rohini Goel
- 2007 Samarghosh v. Jaya Ghosh
Of those, 4 mentioned
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