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Divorce Judgments

Posted on April 30, 2018 by ShadesOfKnife

Here is the listing of divorce grant judgments on various grounds as per the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955

NOTE: This will be a running document, meaning, it will be frequently updated with judgments as and when I find them.

Supreme Court Judgments

  1. Bipin Chander Jaisinghbhai Shah Vs Prabhawati on 19 Oct 1956 [Definition of Desertion]
  2. Dr.N.G.Dastane Vs. Mrs.S.Dastane (1975) 2 SCC 326
  3. Sureshta Devi Vs Om Prakash on 7 February, 1991 [MCD set-aside as consent was obtained fraudulently]
  4. V. Bhagat vs D. Bhagat on 19 November, 1993 [contours of “mental cruelty” defined such that parties cannot reasonably be expected to live together]
  5. Savitri Pandey Vs Prem Chandra Pandey on 8 Jan 2002 [Cruelty defined; Recommended a Time limit of 90 days to file appeal against judgments in cases under HMA resulting in amendment: Act 50 of 2003 The Marriage Laws (Amendment) Act, 2003 on 2003-10-23, whereby Time limit to file appeal against judgments of FC is increased from 30 days to 90 days, passed under HMA and SMA only]
  6. Vijay Kumar Ramachandra Bhate Vs Neela Vijay Kumar Bhate on 16 April, 2003 [Divorce set-aside for Mental Cruelty and character assassination of husband reasons]
  7. Naveen Kohli Vs Neelu Kohli on 21 March, 2006
  8. Samar Ghosh vs Jaya Ghosh on 26 March, 2007 [deprived of each other’s company and denial of conjugal relationship by the other spouse, with no effort by the respondent/wife to resume matrimonial relationship, is an act of cruelty]
  9. Pankaj Mahajan vs Dimple @ Kajal on 30 September, 2011 [constantly giving threats of suicide is cruelty]
  10. Vishwanath Vs Sau. Sarla Vishwanath Agrawal on 4 July, 2012
  11. U.Sree Vs U.Srinivas on 11 December, 2012 [False and baseless allegation cause mental cruelty]
  12. K. Srinivas Rao vs D.A. Deepa on 22 February, 2013
  13. Vidhya Viswanathan vs Kartik Balakrishnan on 22 September, 2014
  14. K. Srinivas Vs K. Sunita on 19 November, 2014 [filing of the false complaint against the husband and his family members ‘regarding unsubstantiated allegations of dowry demand’ also constitutes mental cruelty for the purpose of Section 13 (1) (ia) of the Hindu Marriage Act]
  15. Narendra Vs K.Meena on 6 October, 2016 [Separating husband from Parents is ground]
  16. Amardeep Singh Vs Harveen Kaur on 12 Sep 2017 [Guidelines to waive off cooling period of 6 months in MCD cases; The statutory period (of 6 months – 18 months) contemplated under Section 13-B(2) of the Act is directory and that it is open to the Court to exercise discretion]
  17. Harjinder Singh Vs Rajpal on 17 January, 2018 [MCD with 22 lakhs settlement]
  18. Rani Narasimha Sastry Vs Rani Suneela Rani on 19 November, 2019 [Filing false cases solid ground for Divorce on the ground of Cruelty]
  19. Mangayarkarasi Vs M Yuvraj on 03 March 2020 []
  20. Amit Kumar Vs Suman Beniwal on 11 Dec 2021 [Further Guidelines to waive off cooling period of 6 months in MCD cases]
  21. N.Rajendran Vs S.Valli on 03 Feb 2022 [Dead Marriage dissolved under power of Article 142 of the Constitution]
  22. Shilpa Sailesh Vs Varun Sreenivasan on 01 May 2023 [Landmark Judgment on Dead Marriages]
  23. Roopa Soni Vs Kamal Narayan Soni on 06 Sep 2023 [Landmark Judgment on Dead Marriages]
  24. Kiran Jyot Maini Vs Anish Pramod Patel on 15 Jul 2024 [Interim Maintenance granted in DVC; Marriage terminated under Article 142; Alimony of 2 Crore granted]
  25. Vishal Shah Vs Monalisha Gupta and Ors on 20 Feb 2025 [SC: Landmark Judgment on Dead Marriages, since the couple lived together only for 80 days and have lived separately since, multiple litigations against each other and no child, the marriage is dead; Rs.25 Lakhs alimony granted]

 

Andhra Pradesh High Court

  1. Jelakara Chandra Sekhar Vs Nil on 16 Jun 2022 [MCD within 1 year from date of marriage, if there are Pleadings about Exceptional Hardship]

 

Allahabad High Court

  1. Layak Singh Vs Ekta Kumari on 21 Mar 2024 [MCD within 1 year from date of marriage, if there are Pleadings about Exceptional Hardship]

 

Bombay High Court

  1. Sneha Akshay Garg and Anr Vs Nil on 25 Jul 2024 [Waiting of cooling off period; if conditions in Amardeep Singh Vs Harveen Kaur on 12 Sep 2017 are met]

 

Calcutta High Court

  1. Subhash Chandra Das Chowdhury Vs Sandhya Das Chowdhury on 18 July 2008

 

Delhi High Court

  1. Jiten Bhalla Vs Gaytri Bajaj on 08 Sep 2008 [MCD obtained; 3 years later disputed]
  2. Shalu Ojha Vs Prashant Ojha on 28 Ferbuary, 2019 [Divorce set-aside]
  3. Kulvinder Singh Gehlot Vs Parmila on 22 Aug 2023 [Long continuous separation; false allegations;Irretrievable Breakdown of Marriage]
  4. Mamta Vs Pradeep Kumar on 05 Sep 2023 [Irretrievable Breakdown of Marriage]
  5. Pallavi Mohan Vs Raghu Menon on 12 Sep 2023 [Time limit to file appeal against judgments of FC is increased from 30 days to 90 days, passed under HMA and SMA only. For any other cases like Maintenance cases u/s 125 Cr.P.C. the time limit is 30 days only because Parliament did not amend the FC Act yet!]
  6. Deepti Vs Anil Kumar on 19 Sep 2023 [Family Courts cannot grant divorce on ground of Irretrievable Breakdown of Marriage]
  7. Gaurav Nighawan Vs Shweta on 05 Jan 2024 [Cruelty not established but desertion is implicitly established]
  8. Payal Sethi Vs Rohit Sethi on 09 Jan 2024 [repeated threats to commit suicide and the attempt to commit suicide was held to be an action amounting to cruelty; relies on decisions of Apex Court in Mangayarkarasi, K Srinivas, Pankaj Mahajan]
  9. Nikhil Wadhawan Vs Priti Wadhawan on 05 Feb 2024 [Unwarranted interference of the parents and the family members of the respondent in the matrimonial life of the appellant]
  10. Kanwal Kishore Girdhar Vs Seema Girdhar on 28 Feb 2024 [Alleging false adultery and igniting animosity in children towards father is cruelty, valid ground for divorce]
  11. Pramod Vs Umesh at Poonam on 01 Mar 2024 [False and baseless allegation cause mental cruelty]
  12. Shivi Bansal Vs Gaurav Bansal on 16 Jul 2024 [Impleadment of Paramour is not necessary to decide divorce petition on adultery ground]

 

 

Jharkhand High Court

  1. Dr. Pankaj Kumar Vs Prerna on 16 Dec 2020 [Time limit to file appeal against judgments in cases under HMA, SMA is 90 days but not 30 days as prescribed under FC Act]

 

 

Karnataka High Court

  1. Divya Ganesh Nallur Vs Ganesh Nallur Shivu on 08 Jun 2023 (MCD after settlement)
  2. Sushil Daddimani and Anr Vs Nil on 27 Mar 2024 [MCD within 1 year from date of marriage, if there are Pleadings about Exceptional Hardship]
  3. H P Komala Vs N Ravikumar on 29 Jul 2024 (Stay of divorce proceedings until arrears of interim maintenance is paid)

 

Kerala High Court

  1. Vishnudas H. and Anr Vs Nil on 27 Jul 2020 [MCD within 1 year from date of marriage, if there are Pleadings about Exceptional Hardship]
  2. Arun K.R Vs Arunima T.S on 24 Mar 2025 [Husband Doesn’t Show Interest In Sex, Prefers Only Spiritual Pursuits]

 

 

Madras High Court

  1. R.Natarajan Vs. Sujatha Vasudevan on August 29, 2011

 

Madhya Pradesh High Court

  1. Smt. Sangita Nigam Vs Saurabh Nigam on 22 November, 2017 (Also Desertion ground)
  2. Aarti Vs Kishan Meena on 22 Aug 2024 (Cruelty and Desertion grounds)

 

Patna High Court

  1. Rekha Devi Vs Mahesh Kumar on 16 January, 2018
  2. Sanjay Kumar Shaw Vs Anjali Kumari Shaw on 07 Apr 2025 [No evidence for mental disorder (schizophrenia) so divorce denied]

 

 

Punjab and Haryana High Court

  1. Shashi Vs Sunny Bhumbla on 9 January, 2012 (MCD with 1.25 lakhs settlement)
  2. Pratham Singh vs Rajesh on 3 December, 2014 (Also Desertion ground)
  3. Jagbir Singh vs Nisha on 11 March, 2015

 

Telangana High Court

  1. Dandamudi Phani Krishna Vs Boyapati Lakshmi Aparna on 22 Mar 2024 [MCD within 1 year from date of marriage, if there are Pleadings about Exceptional Hardship]
  2. Mudireddy Divya Vs Sulkti Sivarama Reddy on 26 Mar 2025 [Evidence for Divorce in first Marriage, impleadment of a co-respondent, Desertion and status of previous marriage]

 


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