Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 – Section 13 – Divorce – Broken-down marriage – Once parties have separated and separation continued for sufficient long time, and one of them has presented petition for divorce, it can be presumed that marriage has broken down. Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 – Section 13 – Divorce – Mental cruelty – Wife cautioning world at large not to deal with her husband constitutes mental cruelty.

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Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (CrPC) – Section – 482, 397(2), 397 – Dismissal of petition – Appellant had moved the High Court of Delhi in a petition under Section 482 of the CrPC invoking its inherent jurisdiction – High Court failed to distinguish its separate powers under Section 397 of the CrPC as also under Section 482 of the said Code.

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