Dastane V. Dastane summary
N.G. DASTANE Vs. S. DASTANE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA 1975 CASE ON SECTION 13 OF HINDU MARRIAGE ACT, DEALS WITH CRUELTY AND CONDONATION Facts of the case : The petitioner and the respondent were the husband and wife who parted company on February 27, 1961. The husband filed the petition on February 19,1962 for annulment of marriage or alternatively for divorce or judicial seperation. Contention of the parties : Petitioner : The husband demanded the decree of annulment of marriage under section 12(I)(c) on the ground the his consent was taken by fraud. Alternatively he filed for divorce under section 13(I)(iii) on the grounds that his wife is incurably of unsound mind. Alternatively he demanded for judicial seperation under section 10(1)(b) on the grounds of cruelty. He alleged that respondent had treated him with such kind of cruelty that it created reasonable apprehension in his mind that it would be harmful or dangerous for him to live with her. Wife : She contend...