Unreasonable demand of residing separate from parents amounts to cruelty
we find that the appellant was making unreasonable demand of living separately and away from the parents of the respondent though the respondent was the only son to his parents and his parents were old. The appellant had failed to prove that the parents of the respondent were illtreating her. There was no complaint of harassment made by the appellant to the police authorities or to anybody. If a wife makes an unreasonable demand of living separately from the inlaws without any just and sufficient cause, specially in a case where the husband is the only son of his parents, the same may tantamount to cruelty. The judgment reported in AIR 2002 SC 88 (Adhyatma Bhattar Alwar Versus Adhytma Bhattar Sri Devi) and relied on by the counsel for the appellant can be made applicable to the case in hand.
We have noticed on a perusal of the pleadings that though the respondent had specifically pleaded about the acts of cruelty by the appellant, the appellant had vaguely denied the same in the written statement. The pleadings in the Hindu Marriage Petition are
We have noticed on a perusal of the pleadings that though the respondent had specifically pleaded about the acts of cruelty by the appellant, the appellant had vaguely denied the same in the written statement. The pleadings in the Hindu Marriage Petition are
