Non-consummation of marriage, Plea of Not allowing sexual intercourse without reason amounts to mental cruelty

Citation 

2015-1-L.W. 830

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

 22nd September, 2014/Civil Appeal No. 9036 of 2014 (Arising out of S.L.P.(c) No.25056 of 2012) (From the Judgment and Order dated 13.2.2012 passed by High Court of Judicature at Madras in CMA No.2862 of 2011)Sudhansu Jyoti Mukhopadhaya, J.,and Prafulla Chandra Pant, J.

Vidhya Viswanathan.        ...Appellant

versus

Kartik Balakrishnan         ...Respondent

Hindu Marriage Act (1955), Sections 13(1)(ia), 25,Family Courts Act, Section 19.Divorce - Cruelty - Non-consummation of marriage, Plea of Not allowing sexual intercourse without reason amounts to mental cruelty - Directions passed.