VIJAYKUMAR RAMCHANDRA BHATE vs NEELA VIJAYKUMAR BHATE

The Supreme Court considered whether allegations of unchastity and illicit relations made by a husband against his wife in legal pleadings constitute mental cruelty sufficient for the dissolution of marriage. While the wife's claims of harassment were viewed as normal wear and tear of marital life, the husband's baseless accusations regarding the wife's character were held to be cruelty. The Court upheld the lower courts' decisions granting divorce to the wife and dismissing the husband's petition for restitution of conjugal rights.