Wife Expected To Be With Husband's Family; Cannot Compel To Stay Separated From Mother-In-Law Without 'Justifiable' Reason: U'khand HC [Read Judgment]

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24 May 2019 12:29 PM IST

  • Wife Expected To Be With Husbands Family; Cannot Compel To Stay Separated From Mother-In-Law Without Justifiable Reason: Ukhand HC [Read Judgment]

    "Normally, no husband would tolerate this nor would any son like to be separated from his old mother, who is dependent upon her son."

    The Uttarakhand High Court has observed that the persistent efforts of a wife to compel her husband to get separated from his mother constitute an act of cruelty. The division bench comprising of Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and Justice R.C. Khulbe allowed the appeal of a husband who had sought divorce on the ground of cruelty by wife. The judgment quotes extensively from a 2016...

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