In Brief
A wife challenged the High Court's decision allowing her husband's divorce petition on grounds of mental cruelty. They had married in 1970 under Sikh rites and spent 25 years together with three grown children. The husband alleged cruelty based on accusations of infidelity, but the trial court found these allegations unconvincing and dismissed the petition. The Supreme Court restored the trial court's judgment, holding that mere misunderstandings and unsubstantiated allegations in a long marriage do not constitute mental cruelty justifying dissolution. The wife's recourse to legal proceedings to protect her property was lawful, not cruel. The appeal was allowed.
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