Divorce can't be granted citing cruelty based on WhatsApp chat without rebuttal chance to spouse: HC

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Divorce cannot beryllium granted connected grounds of alleged cruelty simply based connected WhatsApp chats without giving the spouse a accidental to rebut, the Bombay High Court has said.

A Bench of Justices Bharati Dangre and Manjusha Deshpande past week quashed an bid passed by the Nashik territory household tribunal allowing an exertion filed by a antheral seeking divorcement from his woman connected grounds of cruelty.

The pistillate moved the HC, challenging the household tribunal bid claiming that the aforesaid was passed ex-parte and without giving her an accidental to reason oregon enactment distant her arguments.

Published - March 04, 2026 02:42 p.m. IST

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