Divorce · 19 May 2026
Secretly Conducting Daughter's Marriage Without Father's Knowledge Amounts to Mental Cruelty
High Court of Judicature at Madras · 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 215
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During separation, the wife arranged and conducted the marriage of their daughter without giving any prior intimation or invitation to the father, completely depriving him of participating in his daughter's wedding.
The High Court held that a spouse's deliberate exclusion of the other parent from major life milestones like a child's wedding inflicts profound mental agony and constitutes actionable mental cruelty.
Relevant provisions: Section 13(1)(ia), Hindu Marriage Act, 1955
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