Supreme Court of India
Ashok Kumar Jain v. Sumati Jain
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What the Court ordered
In the result and in absence of any merit, the appeal is dismissed but there shall be no separate orders as to costs.
Judgment, page 8
From the headnote
HINDU MARRIAGE ACT, 1955: ss.13 and 23- Petition for divorce by husband on the grounds of cruelty and desertion - Dismissed by courts below · c - Held: Both the courts below have noticed the relevant facts and have come to a definite conclusion that appellant has not only been cruel ..to respondent, but has also brought the 0 situation to the point where respondent had no option but to leave the matrimonial home - In this situation, as appellant was trying to take advantage of his own wrong, courts below rightly disallowed the relief sought for - Order of High Court does not suffer from any
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