Supreme Court reiterates persistent refusal of sexual relations without reason constitutes mental cruelty, upholds divorce after 15 years of separation
Holding that there was no possibility of the parties ever resuming cohabitation, the Supreme Court dismissed the wife’s appeal. The Supreme Court has upheld a decree of divorce in favour of a doctor, holding that persistent denial of conjugal rights, including refusal of sexual relations without reasonable cause, amounts to mental cruelty under the Hindu…