MP High Court grants divorce, holding that false allegations of immoral conduct against a spouse cause mental agony and amount to cruelty in marriage.
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A person who is not a family member can't be implicated under S. 498A IPC, the Karnataka HC said.
The High Court said that comments regarding wife's cooking by in-laws will not come under S. 498 A [cruelty] of IPC.
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