Epilepsy can't be ground for divorce, rules Bombay High Court

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Updated At : 11:47 AM Sep 28, 2023 IST

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Mumbai, September 27

The Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court has said a spouse being epileptic does not amount to cruelty and is not a ground for divorce under the Hindu Marriage Act, as epilepsy is neither an incurable disease nor can it be considered a mental disorder.

A division bench of Justices Vinay Joshi and Valmiki SA Menezes, in its order on Tuesday, dismissed a plea filed by a 33-year-old man seeking divorce on grounds of cruelty from his wife who, he claimed, suffered from epilepsy due to which she was mentally unsound.

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