GAURAV DIXIT vs PRIYANKA SHARMA

$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on: 10.11.2025 Judgment pronounced on: 20.11.2025 MAT.APP.(F.C.) 173/2025 GAURAV DIXIT .....Appellant Through: Mr. S.D. Dikshit and Ms. Anu Tyagi, Advocates along with Appellant in person. versus PRIYANKA SHARMA .....Respondent Through: Mr. Advocate (Appearance not given) along with Respondent in person. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KSHETARPAL HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE RENU BHATNAGAR JUDGMENT ANIL KSHETARPAL, J. 1. Through the present Appeal, the Appellant assails the correctness of the Impugned Judgment and Decree dated 20.03.2025 [hereinafter referred to as “Impugned Judgment”] passed by learned Family Court, whereby the Appellant’s petition under section 13(1)(ia) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 [hereinafter referred to as “HMA”], for dissolution of marriage on the ground of cruelty, was dismissed. 2. The short question that arises for consideration in this Appeal is whether the Family Court rightly concluded that cruelty was not proved and, relatedly, whether it correctly invoked the principle that a 3. The brief facts, giving rise to the present Appeal, are as follows. The parties were married on 01.03.2016 accordin