Supreme Court of India

Samarghosh v. Jaya Ghosh

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Reported as [2007] 4 S.C.R. 428

Bench B.N. Agrawal, P.P. Naolekar and Dal Veer Bhandari JJ.

Decided 26 March 2007

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Matrimonial Disputes: 4- -... c Divorce-On ground of mental cruelty- 'Mental cruelty '-Instances illustrated-On facts, Held: wife's unilateral decision immediately after marriage, not to have any child from the marriage, her refusal to respect marital bond and discharge obligations of marital life, her total indifference --and neglect during husband's illness, coupled with other instances would certainly cause great annoyance to him leading to mental cruelty-Parties living separately for more than 16 years, irresistible conclusion would be that matrimonial bond has been ruptured beyond repair

Authorities it was built on

1981 Sirajmohmedkhan Janmohamadkhan v. Hafizunnisa Yasinkhan & Anr. cited by 8
2006 Vinit Saxena v. Pankaj Pandit cited by 7
2002 Gananath Pattanaik v. State of Orissa cited by 4
2006 Rishikesh Sharma v. Saroj Sharma cited by 4

Where later benches applied it

2026 Sonal Talpada v. Veerbhan Singh relied on
2019 R. Srinivas Kumar v. R. Shametha relied on
2013 K. Srinivas Rao v. D.A. Deepa relied on
2012 U. Sree v. U. Srinivas relied on
2012 Vishwanath S/o Sitaram Agrawal v. Sau. Sarla Vishwanath Agrawal relied on
2024 Prakashchandra Joshi v. Kuntal Prakashchandra Joshi @ Kuntal Visanji Shah referred to
2021 Joydeep Majumdar v. Bharti Jaiswal Majumdar referred to
2020 Mangayarkarasi v. M. Yuvaraj referred to
2015 Ramchander v. Ananta referred to
2014 Dr. (mrs.) Malathi Ravi, M.D. v. Dr. B.V. Ravi M.D. referred to

Of those, 5 relied on · 5 referred to

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