Wife harassing husband publicly, portraying him ‘womanizer’ is extreme cruelty: Delhi High Court
The court observed that any successful marriage is built on mutual respect and faith. If either is compromised beyond a level
New-Delhi: The Delhi High Court recently upheld divorce granted to a married couple on the ground of cruelty by the wife, observing that her act of harassing and humiliating the husband publicly.
A Division Bench of Justice Suresh Kumar Kait and Justice Neena Bansal Krishna observed “reckless, defamatory, humiliating and unsubstantiated” allegations by one spouse, resulted in the tarnishing of the image of the other and amounted to acts of extreme cruelty as reported by Live Law.
The court observed that any successful marriage is built on mutual respect and faith. If either is compromised beyond a level, the end of the relationship is inevitable as no relationship can stand on half-truth, half-lies, half-respect and half-faith.
“Unfortunately, here is a case where the husband himself is being publicly harassed, humiliated and verbally attacked by his wife, who had gone to the extent of levelling allegations of infidelity during his office meetings in front of all his office staff/guests,” the bench was quoted as saying.
“She even took to harassing the woman workers of his office and left no stone unturned to portray him as a womaniser in the office. This behaviour is but an act of extreme cruelty to the respondent/husband,” it said.
The High Court dismissed the wife’s plea against a family court order, which granted divorce, on the ground of cruelty, in an appeal filed by the husband.
Ms Kalinga