HC on Cruelty: Wife Filing Criminal Charges Against Husband and In-laws Does Not Amount to Cruelty, Says Madras High Court
It constitutes cruelty, according to a division bench of Justices R Suresh Kumar and K Kumaresh Babu, only if the criminal case results in an acquittal.
The Madras High Court recently ruled that a woman's act of filing criminal charges against her husband and in-laws would not be considered cruelty. It constitutes cruelty, according to a division bench of Justices R Suresh Kumar and K Kumaresh Babu, only if the criminal case results in an acquittal. The court observed that, following a thorough investigation, the concerned police had created calendar cases on a charge sheet based on the criminal complaints the wife had submitted in the current case. It was also mentioned that the woman did not contest the criminal cases filed against her husband and in-laws. HC on Divorce: Delhi High Court Grants Divorce to Husband, Says 'Wife Openly Humiliating Husband, Calling Him Impotent Amounts to Mental Cruelty'.
HC on Cruelty
Wife filing criminal complaints against husband, in-laws not cruelty: Madras High Court
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