Matrimonial disputes – Cruelty – Mental cruelty – Defamation – Several defamatory complaints made by wife to the husbands superiors in the Army for which, a Court of inquiry was held by the Army authorities against the husband – Primarily for those, the appellant’s career progress got affected – Wife was also making complaints to other authorities, such as, the State Commission for Women and has posted defamatory materials on other platforms – The net outcome of above is that the appellant’s career and reputation had suffered – When the appellant-husband has suffered adverse consequences in his life and career on account of the allegations made by the respondent-wife, the legal consequences must follow and those cannot be prevented only because, no Court has determined that the allegations were false – The High Court however felt that without any definite finding on the credibility of the wife’s allegation, the wronged spouse would be disentitled to relief – This is not found to be the correct way to deal with the issue
read HERE 2021 SCeJ 1341, 2021 PLRonline 15203
read HERE Joydeep Majumdar v. Bharti Jaiswal Majumdar, 2021 SCeJ 1341, 2021 PLRonline 15203
