Durga Prasanna Tripathy vs Arundhati Tripathy

The Supreme Court upheld the Family Court's decree of divorce under Section 13(1) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, citing grounds of cruelty and desertion. The Court found that the respondent-wife had deserted the appellant for an extended period and had behaved cruelly towards him and his family, leading to irretrievable breakdown of the marriage. The Court affirmed that the husband's mental anguish due to the wife's refusal to return to the marital home justified the divorce decree.