S.Dharmalingam, v. Mrs. T.Sooria Parba
Case brief
What is this about?
In this Hindu Marriage Act appeal, the Madras High Court allowed the divorce petition after setting aside the first appellate decree. The court held that 20 years of separation without reconciliation reduced the marriage to a legal fiction, constituting irretrievable breakdown and mental cruelty.
What did the court decide?
Civil Miscellaneous Second Appeal allowed; First Appellate judgment and decree set aside; Trial Court judgment and decree restored.