Justice P. Krishna Kumar

ill-treating stepchildren is cruelty
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“If the wife ill-treated the children, it would certainly cause an apprehension in the husband’s mind that it would be harmful or injurious for him to live with her where the expression ‘harmful or injurious’ was not confined to physical acts alone, but extended to mental torture as well.”

Mitakshara Hindu's property devolves on male heir
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Before the enactment of the Succession Act, succession to the property of Hindus, whether ancestral or self-acquired, was governed by the pristine principles of Hindu law as embodied in the Shastric texts and Smritis.”