Month: October 2014

Man can seek divorce if his wife puts pressure on him for abandoning his parents and demands a fixed sum every month

LUCKNOW: The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court has ruled that a man can seek divorce if his wife puts pressure on him for abandoning his parents and demands a fixed sum every month for personal expenses. Terming such behaviour as ‘cruelty upon the husband’, the court also ruled that a woman who makes

Grounds for Divorce in India

The secular mind-set of the Indian judicial system has initiated proclamation of various personal laws based on different religious faiths. Hindus, Christians and Muslims are governed under separate marriage acts and grounds for divorce in India. 1.     Grounds for Divorce under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 The following are the grounds for divorce in India mentioned