Divorce · 21 July 2026
Demanding ₹2 Crores to Consent to Divorce & Refusing Cohabitation Amounts to Mental Cruelty
High Court of Chhattisgarh · 2026 LiveLaw (Chh) 74 | FA (MAT) No. 287 of 2025
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The wife persistently refused to resume cohabitation, deprived the husband of matrimonial consortium, and demanded an exorbitant lump-sum amount of ₹2 Crores as a condition for consenting to divorce.
The High Court held that a spouse who persistently refuses cohabitation and conditions consent for divorce on an exorbitant financial demand (₹2 Crores) subjects the other spouse to mental cruelty.
Relevant provisions: Section 13(1)(ia), Hindu Marriage Act, 1955
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