Answer:
Cruelty for divorce includes physical as well as mental behaviors by your husband or wife that force you to not live with them or to live with them safely. It includes beatings, abusive language, constant humiliation, threats, false allegations (in law or otherwise), dowry demands/torture, emotional torture, denial of your rightful place in the house or relationship, treating you so that you undergo serious mental suffering etc.
Mental Cruelty also includes constant denigration, tarnishing your image and character, pushing you to live separately from your family, false legal complaints and conduct that is so harsh that you can’t live your life peacefully with your spouse in the matrimonial home. Any minor fight or normal marital discord cannot be called cruelty. The Courts consider the cumulative conduct of the parties, the evidence and seriousness of such conduct.
Advocate BK Singh will analyze your facts and help you understand if they amount to cruelty, draft your divorce petition, help you collect the evidence supporting your case (messages, medical records, complaints, witnesses, documents etc.) and will present your side of the case in the Family Court in the proper legal way.
By Advocate BK Singh
Supreme Court | High Court | Tribunals
