In Brief
A husband sought to overturn a High Court judgment that reversed his divorce decree. The Supreme Court upheld the High Court's finding that the wife had not been cruel—her temporary stay at her parents' home while pregnant and grieving her father's death did not constitute cruelty. The Court also held that the wife's appeal was timely filed within 30 days when time spent obtaining a certified copy was excluded. However, finding that the parties had lived separately for 22 years with no possibility of reconciliation, and that the husband had since remarried and fathered a child, the Court exercised its power under Article 142 to dissolve the marriage on grounds of irretrievable breakdown, thereby doing complete justice despite the wife's opposition.
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