Wife Sought ₹50 Lakh From Husband’s Lover For Breaking Her Marriage —Delhi Court Rejects Claim, Says Marriage Was Already In A “Rough Phase”
A Delhi court dismissed a wife’s ₹50 lakh damages suit against her husband’s alleged partner for “alienation of affection.” The court held that merely proving a subsisting marriage or an extramarital relationship was not enough. The wife first had to establish that genuine marital affection existed and that the third party’s intentional conduct caused its destruction. The evidence indicated that the marriage was already going through a rough phase, and the required causal link was not established.
