11/03/2024
The bullets of unjustified accusations cause wounds that make it impossible for spouses to live together, & the "rabbit hole" of criminal litigation pushes them toward the point of no return, the Delhi High court has said while granting divorce to a man on grounds of cruelty by wife.
The Court, while granting divorce, said false complaints of dowry & harassment by the wife, which dragged the husband & his family into the "loop of endless criminal litigations", were sufficient to conclude mental, emotional & physical cruelty to him.
"Though the aggrieved person is entitled & well within their rights to avail the remedy under laws, but, crossing the point of 'no return' becomes inevitable once the spouses get engulfed in this rabbit hole of criminal litigations. The bullets of unjustified accusations & complaints cause such fatal wounds, leading to unendurable mental & physical acrimony, making it impossible for the spouses to live together," said the bench headed by Justice Suresh Kumar Kait in a recent order.
"Making such unsubstantiated allegations of dowry harassment which are palpably not made out from the family circumstances of the parties is nothing but an act of mental trauma & cruelty," the bench, also comprising Justice Neena Bansal Krishna, held.
