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Defamatory complaints against a spouse and damaging their reputation amount to mental cruelty, the Supreme Court said on Friday, while granting divorce to an Army officer. The officer's wife made defamatory complaints to his Army superiors, SC noted, adding that it affected his career. "It is a definite case of cruelty inflicted by the respondent against the appellant," said SC.
Defamatory complaints against a spouse and damaging their reputation amount to mental cruelty, the Supreme Court said on Friday, while granting divorce to an Army officer. The officer's wife made defamatory complaints to his Army superiors, SC noted, adding that it affected his career. "It is a definite case of cruelty inflicted by the respondent against the appellant," said SC.
