New Delhi, Oct 24, 2025

The Delhi High Court has upheld a decree of divorce granted to an advocate against his wife, holding that her repeated verbal abuse and derogatory messages amounted to “grave mental cruelty.”

A Bench of Justices Anil Kshetrapal and Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar dismissed the wife’s appeal against the Family Court’s 2023 judgment that had dissolved the couple’s marriage under Section 13(1)(ia) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955.

The Justice Kshetrapal-led Bench said that the wife’s conduct, including sending abusive messages that questioned her husband’s legitimacy and insulted his mother, caused “grave mental agony”. “The most compelling evidence comprises the series of text messages sent from the Appellant’s mobile number… which contained vile, derogatory and scandal

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