What are the factors for Mental cruelty which is a immediate cause for Divorce.
Authour : Advocate K.P.Satish Kumar M.L. Madras High Court. Leading Divorce Lawyer in Chennai. After the solemnization of the marriage when any of the spouse either the husband or the wife is treated with cruelty, they are eligible for divorce. Section 13 (i) (a) of the Hindu marriage has not defined the term cruelty. But the courts has interpreted that cruelty falls under Physical and mental cruelty. And the cruelty may be intentional or unintentional. If it is physical, the court will have no problem to determine it . It is a question of fact and degree . If it is mental, the problem presents difficulty. The Supreme court at various circumstances has summed up the situations which are fall under mental cruelty. The expression 'cruelty' has an inseparable nexus with human conduct or human behaviour . It is always dependent upon the social strata or the milieu to which the parties belong, their ways of life, relationship, temperaments and emotions that have been conditi...