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Demand Of Separate residence by wife does not amount to cruelty
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
FAMILY COURT APPEAL NO.77/2003
Mrs.Surbinder Kaur Sandeep Sood,
Vs.
Sandeep Rajkumar Sood,
Coram- A.M.Khanwilkar and
Mrs.Mridula Bhatkar,JJ
Reserved On-2 May,2011.
Pronounced On- 8 December, 2011.
J U D G M E N T (Per Mrs.Mridula Bhatkar,J.):
1 The judgment and order dated 23/6/2003 passed by the
Judge of Family Court, Pune is challenged in this appeal. The
appellant/original petitioner had filed petition for divorce on the ground
of cruelty and desertion under section 13(1)(ia)(ib) of the Hindu
Marriage Act, 1955.
2 The appellant and the respondent got married on
12/5/1993 and stayed together for a period of three years at Kolhapur,FCA 77/2003
2
in the joint family of respondent consisting of parents and three sisters.
It is the case of the appellant that she was not given freedom in the
house and was harassed in number of ways by the mother and
sisters of the respondent. She was not allowed to speak to the
respondent and was asked to do domestic work from morning to night.
Many restrictions were imposed on her routine and she hardly could
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
FAMILY COURT APPEAL NO.77/2003
Mrs.Surbinder Kaur Sandeep Sood,
Vs.
Sandeep Rajkumar Sood,
Coram- A.M.Khanwilkar and
Mrs.Mridula Bhatkar,JJ
Reserved On-2 May,2011.
Pronounced On- 8 December, 2011.
J U D G M E N T (Per Mrs.Mridula Bhatkar,J.):
1 The judgment and order dated 23/6/2003 passed by the
Judge of Family Court, Pune is challenged in this appeal. The
appellant/original petitioner had filed petition for divorce on the ground
of cruelty and desertion under section 13(1)(ia)(ib) of the Hindu
Marriage Act, 1955.
2 The appellant and the respondent got married on
12/5/1993 and stayed together for a period of three years at Kolhapur,FCA 77/2003
2
in the joint family of respondent consisting of parents and three sisters.
It is the case of the appellant that she was not given freedom in the
house and was harassed in number of ways by the mother and
sisters of the respondent. She was not allowed to speak to the
respondent and was asked to do domestic work from morning to night.
Many restrictions were imposed on her routine and she hardly could
