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LAW OF DIVORCE IN INDIA

GROUND OF DIVORCE--CITATIONS
CRUELTY
SR NAME OF THE PARTIES CITATION
1 Navin Kohli Vs. Neelu Kohli AIR 2006 SC 1675
2 V.Bhagat vs. D. Bhagat (1994)1 SCC 337
3 Gollins Vs. Gollins 2 All ER 966
4 Ravi Kumar Vs. Julmi Devi I (2010) DMC 41 (SC)
5 Dipanwita Roy Vs. Ronobroto AIR 2015 SC 418.
Roy
6 Tapankumar Chatterjee Vs. AIR 1989 Cal. 74.
Kamala Chatterjee
7 Vishnu Shankar Pandey Vs. Maya I(2020) DMC 244
Pandey
8 J. L. Nanda Vs. Veena Nanda 1988 SC 47.
9 Vinita Saxena Vs. Pankaj Pandit (2006) 3 SCC 778
10 Nemai Kumat Bhosh Vs. Smt. AIR 1986 Cal. 150
Mita
11 Santana Vs. Sachindra AIR 1990 Cal. 367.
12 Tapan Chakraborty Vs. Anjali AIR 1993 Cal. 10
Chakraborty
13 Mangayakarasi Vs. M. Yuvaraj I(2020) DMC 687.
14 Avtar Singh Vs. Jasbir Kaur I(2020) DMC 565 P.&H
15 Dastane Vs. Dastane (1975) 2 SCC 326.
16 Pankaj Mahajan Vs. Dimple @ III(2011) DMC 241 (SC).
Kajal
17 Vinit Joglekar Vs. Vaishali AIR 1998 Bom 73.
Joglekar
18 Joseph @ Noby Joseph Mathew II (2017) DMC 708 (Ker).
Vs. Marium @ Jyothi Poikayit
Jose
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19 Vidhya Viswanathan Vs. Kartik AIR 2015 SC 285.

Balakrishnan
20 Ashok Kumar Singh Vs. VI Addl. AIR 1996 SC 333.
Sessions Judge

21 S. Jaya Kumari Vs. Krishnan Nair AIR 1995 KER 139

22 Savitri Pandey Vs. Premchandra I (2002) DMC 177.
Pandey
23 Magadevi Vs. Jagdish Prasad AIR 2007 SC 1426.
24 Narendra Vs. K. Meena III (2016) DMC 429.
25 K. Srinivas Rao Vs. D.A. Deepa (I) 2013 DMC 4 SC,
26 U. Sree Vs. U. Srinivas 1(2013) DMC 91 SC
27 Suman Kapoor Vs. Sudhir Kapoor 2009 1 SCC 422
28 Smt. Manprit Varma Vs. Brij Uttarakhand High Court
Varma, dated 14.06.2018
29 Raj Talreja Vs. Kavita Talreja AIR 2017 SC 2138
(June).
30 Mrs. Deeplakshmi Sachin Zingade AIR 2010 Bom 16 (22).
Vs. Sachin Rameshrao Zingade
31 Raj Talreja Vs. Kavita Talreja AIR 2017 SC 2138 (June)
32 Rajan Vasant Revankar Vs. Mrs. AIR 1995 Bom. 246.
Shobha Rajan Revankar
33 Suman Sing Vs. Sanjay Singh II (2017) DMC 28 SC.
34 Sukhendu Das Vs. Rita Mukherjee III 2017 DMC 881 SC.
35 Rajesh Kumar Vs. Usha I(2020)DMC 342 (P & H )
(DB)
36 Avtar Singh Vs. Jasbir Singh I (2020) DMC 565 (P & H)
37 Samar Ghosh Vs. Jaya Ghosh (2007) 4 SCC
38 K. Shrinivas Rao Vs. O.A. Deepa 2013(5) SCC 226
39 Sheldon Vs. Sheldon (1966) 2 All ER 257
40 Anil Kumar Jain Vs. Maya Jain II (2019) DMC 449 (SC).
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ADULTERY

SR NAME OF THE PARTIES CITATION

1 Rajesh Devi Vs. Jai Prakash I (2020) DMC 166.
2 Earnest John White Vs. Mrs. AIR 1958 SC 441.
Katheleen Olive White
3 Devyani Kantilal Shroff Vs. AIR 1963 Bom 98
Kantilal reported in
4 Shrivastava Vs. Chandra Mohini AIR 1964 All 486
5 Sanjukkta Padhan Vs. AIR 1991 Ori. 39.
Laxminararyan Padhan
6 Chandra Mohini Vs. Avinash AIR 1967 SC 581.
Prasad,
7 Venkateshvarlu Vs. AIR 1954 SC 176

Venkatnarayan
8 Om Prakash Vs. Smt. Roshani AIR 1985 P & H 364
9 Dwarika Vs. Bidyut (1999) 7 SCC 675.
10 Nandlal Wasudeo Badwaik Vs. AIR 2014 SC 942
Lata Nandlal Badwaik & Anr.
11 Kistamma Vs. Dr. H.T. Vira (1971) 3 SCC 968.
Reddy
12 A Vs. B (1982) II DMC 398
13 Rohtash Vs. Anusiya & Anr. III(2018) DMC 197
Punjab & Haryana.
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CONDONATION OF OFFENCE

SR NAME OF THE PARTIES CITATION

1 Chandra Mohini Srivastava Vs. AIR 1967 SC 581
Avinash Shrivastava,
2 Rita Kishore Vs. Brij Kishore AIR 1984 DLH 291.
3 Avinash Eknath Nikalje Vs. Leela AIR 2003 BOM 244.

Avinash Nikalje
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CUSTOMARY DIVORCE

SR NAME OF THE PARTIES CITATION

1 Subhash Chandra Sharma Vs. II (2010) DMC 831
Anjali Sharma (DLH)
2 Shalini Vs. Dhanraj I(2018) DMC 517 Bom.
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DESERTION

SR NAME OF THE PARTIES CITATION

1 Sanat Kumar Agarwal Vs. (1990) 1 SCC 475 = AIR
Nandini Agarwal 1990 SC 594.
2 Savitri Pandey Vs. Premchandra (2002) 2 SCC 73.
Pandey
3 Neeta Vs. Jagdish Malik 1980 HLR 26.
4 Bipin Chandra Vs. Prabhavati AIR 1957 SC 176
5 Lachman Utamchand Kiriplani AIR 1964 SC 40
Vs. Meera @ Mota
6 Rohini Kumari Vs. Narendra AIR 1972 SC 459.
Singh
7 Soban Singh Vs. Smt. Sooma AIR 2008(NOC) 229
Devi (Utt.)
8 Vikas Sharma Vs. Anita Sharma. AIR 2011 UT 43
9 Mr. X Vs. Mrs. Y (2010) 1 Mah LJ 735 =
AIR 2010 Bom 836.
10 Savitri Pandey Vs. Prem Chandra 1 (2002) DMC 177 (SC).
Pandey
11 Ramchandra Lamba Vs. Adarsh AIR 1987 DLH 99.
Lamba
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INCURABLE UNSOUND MIND

SR NAME OF THE PARTIES CITATION

1 Whysall Vs. Whysall 1959(3) ALL ER 389
2 Kartik Chandra Vs. Manju Rani AIR 1973 Cal. 545.
3 Ram Nariman Gupta Vs. (1988) 4 SCC 247.
Rameshwari Gupta
4 Sharda Vs. Dharmpal (2003) 4 SCC 493.
5 Alka Sharma Vs. A.C. Sharma AIR 1991 MP 205.
6 T. Hari Kumar Naidu Vs. AIR 2001 AP 46.
Prameela,
7 Sudhir Singhal Vs. Neeta Singhal, AIR 2001 Del.116.
8 Usha Gupta Vs. Santosh Kumari I (1996) DMC 90.
Pahadiya
9 Lalit Kishore Vs. Meera Sharma (2009) 9 SCC 433
and Anr.
10 Tarlochan Singh Vs. Jit Kaur AIR 1986 Punjab and
Haryana 379
11 Ram Narin Gupta Vs. (1988) 5 SCC 247.
Rameshwari Gupta
12 Vinita Saxena Vs. Pankaj Pandit AIR 2006 SC 1662
13 Pramatha Kumar Maity v Ashima AIR 1991 Cal.123
Maity
14 Mt. Tilti Vs. Alfred Rebert Jones AIR 1934 All 273
15 Shersingh Vs. Manju Kanwar (P I (2017) DMC 439
& H High Court)
16 Jay Sudhakara Shenoy Vs. Vindra AIR 2001 Knt. 1.
Shenoy
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CONVERSION TO ANOTHER RELIGION

Sr. Name of the Parties Citation

1 Suresh Babu Vs. V.P. Leela AIR2007(NOC)
285(Ker)
2 Lily Thomas Vs. Union of India AIR 2006 SC 1650
3 Chandra Shekhar Vs. Kualandvela (AIR1967 SC 185).

RENOUNCE THE WORLD

Sr. Name of the Parties Citation

1 Sital Das Vs. Sant Ram AIR 1954 SC 606,

VENEREAL DISEASES

Sr. Name of the Parties Citation

1 Shakuntala Kumari Vs. Om Prakash AIR 1983 Delhi 53,
Ghai 19 (1981) DLT 64

HIV

Sr. Name of the Parties Citation

1 P. Ravikumar Vs. Malarvizhi S. II(2013)DMC
Kokila,, 859(Mad.)
2 Bombay High Court Sunil Lahhoti 2009(2) Mh.L.J.231
Vs. Pratima Lahhoti
3 Mr.X Vs. Hospital Z AIR 1999 SC 495.
4 Sharda Vs. Dharmpal, AIR 2003 SC 3450,
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SEC. 13(1-A) HINDU MARRIAGE ACT

Sr. Name of the Parties Citation

1 Smt. Saroj Rani Vs. Sudharshan AIR 1984 SC 1562,
Kumar Chadha
2 T.Srinivasan Vs. T. Veralakshmi AIR 1998 SC 595.
3 Hari Dattatraya Shitole Vs. Meena 2000(2) Civil LJ
Hari Shitole 382(Bom.)
4 Dharmendra Kumar Vs. Usha AIR 1977 SC 2218
Kumar
5 Hirachand Srinivas Mangaonkar Vs. AIR 2001 SC 1285
Sunanda
6 Arun s/o. Narayanrao Marathe Vs. 2015(2) Mh. L.J. 400,
Varsha w/o. Arun Marathe,

DIVORCE BY MUTUAL CONSENT

Sr. Name of the Parties Citation

1 Smt. Sureshta Devi, vs Om Prakash AIR1992 SC 1904
2 Devayani Devendra Suryavanshi Family court appeal
Vs. Devendra Madhavrao No. 147 of 2018 with
Suryavanshi. Civil Application No.
167 of 2018 Jst. Akil
Kureshi and Jst. S.J.
Kathawalla dated
05/07/2019
3 Prakash Kalandari case. Bombay AIR 2011 BOM. 119
High Court.
4 Amardeep Singh vs Harveen Kaur III(2017)DMC277
(SC)
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DISSOLUTION OF MUSLIM MARRIAGE ACT

Sr. Name of the Parties Citation

1 Calcutta High Court in Mabiya AIR1971 Cal.218
Khatun Bibi Vs. Shaikh Anwar Ali
2 Mabiya Khatun Bibi Vs. Shaikh AIR1971Cal. 218
Anwar Ali
3 SayraBanu Vs. A.M. Abdul Gafar (1987)Mh.L.J. 399
(SC)
4 Lily Thomas Vs. Union of India, (AIR 2000 SC 1650 )
5 Shayara Banu Vs. Union of India (III)2017 DMC 1
6 Dagdu Chotu Pathan vs Rahimbi (II (2002) DMC 315.
Dagdu Pathan and Ors. (Bom.)