"11-Year Separation Peppered With False Allegations Source Of Mental Cruelty": Court

Granting divorce to the man, the Delhi High Court said any insistence on continuing the relationship would only inflict further cruelty on the parties.

The Delhi High Court has granted a divorce decree to a man on the grounds of mental cruelty inflicted upon him by his estranged wife, saying there is no chance of reconciliation between them given the long separation of over 11 years peppered with false allegations levelled by the woman.

The high court said any insistence on continuing the relationship would only inflict further cruelty on the parties.

"The marital discord between the parties has pinnacled as there is a complete loss of faith, trust, understanding and love between the parties. Such long separation brings with it deprivation of conjugal relationship and cohabitation, which is the basic foundation of any matrimonial relationship. The separation for more than eleven years for no fault of the appellant (man), in itself is an act of cruelty," a bench of Justices Suresh Kumar Kait and Neena Bansal Krishna said.