Chhattisgarh High Court upholds divorce due to cruelty by wife who concealed her infertility
The Court noted that the wife admitted in her written statement and oral testimony that after taking medication she had become capable of bearing children.
Justice Amitendra Kishore Prasad
“No evidence that victim was minor”: Chhattisgarh HC modifies life sentence to 10 years imprisonment for man who raped his niece
In her statement, the victim stated that firstly, her father committed forcible sexual intercourse with her, and after some days when she was sleeping at her paternal aunt’s house, then the convict, who was her paternal uncle, committed the same offence against her.
Insulting and humiliating spouse during time of financial vulnerability amounts to mental cruelty: Chhattisgarh HC
“Her behaviour, including instigating the daughter against the father, making unfounded demands during a financially unstable period, and leaving the home with the daughter while abandoning the son, demonstrated a pattern of mental harassment and disregard for the matrimonial bond.”
Financial loss to a person/institution by mere Advocate’s opinion cannot be a ground for prosecuting him; intention to defraud and active participation required: Chhattisgarh HC
The allegation against the petitioner is that being an Advocate, he has given the search report based on which loan was disbursed and later it was found that the loan was disbursed to a person who did not even have property which was mortgaged in his name.