Calcutta High Court Grants Divorce Under Special Marriage Act, Says Dead Marriage Cannot Be Forced to Survive on Paper
The Calcutta High Court has allowed divorce by holding that long separation, cruelty, and a completely broken marriage cannot be kept alive only in law. The Court ruled that irretrievable breakdown is part of cruelty even under the Special Marriage Act. Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court allowed a wife’s appeal and grants divorce by setting…