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Crime
Chhattisgarh High Court Grants Divorce Over Mental Cruelty and Abuse
✍️ The Indian Express
🗓 24 Sep 2026, 07:02 PM
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The Chhattisgarh High Court ordered a divorce after concluding that the husband’s abuse of his wife and her family amounted to mental cruelty.
The Chhattisgarh High Court has delivered a divorce decree in a case where the petitioner alleged sustained mental cruelty. The court found that the husband repeatedly abused his wife and extended his harassment to her family members, constituting severe emotional distress. Based on these findings, the bench ruled that the marriage could not continue and granted the divorce. The judgment underscores the judiciary's stance against domestic mental abuse and reinforces legal recourse for victims. No further details about the parties or the proceedings were disclosed in the report.