It is no answer to a charge of cruelty made by the wife for her husband to say that he himself was not guilty of any acts of cruelty but it is his mother who was so guilty.
In support of his case that the plaintiff was not subjected to any ill-treatment at her father-in-law's place, the appellant examined besides himself five other witnesses. Their evidence is of negative character as they have stated that they are not aware of any ill-treatment meted out towards the plaintiff either by her husband or by her mother-in-law. Their evidence was considered at length by the learned Subordinate Judge who found that either they had no means to know what took place in the house of the plaintiff or some of them were so interested in the defendants that much reliance cannot be placed on their testimony. Having perused their evidence I see no reason to differ from the estimate of their credibility made by the learned Subordinate Judge. It is noanswer to a charge of cruelty made by the wife for her husband to say that he himself was not guilty of any acts of cruelty but it is his mother who was so guilty. It is now well settled that a wife is entitled to insist that she should not be exposed to the unpleasantness of the relatives of her husband and that suitable provisions should be made for her to live with her husband in privacy.
Orissa High Court
Kashinath Sahu vs Smt. Devi And Ors. on 25 February, 1971
