Supreme Court of India
Vishnu Dutt Sharma v. Manju Sharma
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Hindu Marriage Act, 1955: s. 13(1 )(i-a) - Petition for divorce by husband alleging c cruelty by wife - Dismissal by trial court as a/so by High Court - Plea that divorce be granted on the ground of irretrievable breakdown of marriage - HELD: No such ground is provided by legislature for granting a decree of divorce - Supreme Court cannot add such a ground to s. 13, as that would be amending the Act, which is a function of legislature - Cases referred in this regard cannot be treated as precedent - In the instant case, divorce by mutual consent in terms of s.13-8 cannot be granted as the wife
Where later benches applied it
- 2026 Sonal Talpada v. Veerbhan Singh
- 2025 Nbcc (india) Ltd. v. The State of West Bengal & Ors
- 2023 Shilpa Sailesh v. Varun Sreenivasan
- 2019 R. Srinivas Kumar v. R. Shametha
Of those, 4 referred to
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