In a detailed judgment, the Calcutta High Court dismissed an appeal filed by a wife challenging a divorce decree granted to her husband on the ground of cruelty. The Division Bench reaffirmed that repeated false allegations and criminal proceedings can amount to mental cruelty in a marriage.

The trial court granted divorce in December 2021. The wife then approached the High Court, arguing that the allegations of cruelty were not properly proved and that the marriage had not irretrievably broken down.

In a detailed judgment, the Calcutta High Court dismissed an appeal filed by a wife challenging a divorce decree granted to her husband on the ground of cruelty. The Division Bench reaffirmed that repeated false allegations and criminal proceedings can amount to mental cruelty in a marriage.

The trial court granted divorce in December 2021. The wife then approached the High Court, arguing that the allegations of cruelty were not properly proved and that the marriage had not irretrievably broken down.

At the Srinagar wing of the Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court, a bench comprising Justice Sanjeev Kumar and Justice Sanjay Parihar on Thursday dismissed an appeal filed by National Insurance Company Limited. The insurer was seeking to overturn a compensation award granted to a family whose home was damaged during the devastating 2014 floods.

The case originates from a policy taken by late Shad Mohd Bashir, whose residential house at Sarai Payeen, Amira Kadal, Srinagar, had been insured since 2009. Though the policy was renewed annually, the company later claimed that it excluded flood and similar storm-related risks - referred to in technical jargon as “STFI” (Storm, Tempest, Flood, Inundation).