Divorce Act, 1869
Section 10(1)(i)(x)—Divorce on ground of adultery and cruelty—Dismissal of petition filed by husband—Appeal—Once the husband proved that wife was leading an adulterous life, the husband is entitled to get divorce on that ground.
[Para 10]
Section 11—Adulterer or adulteress to be co-respondent—Question as to whether non-joinder of adulterer is fatal to the case of appellant-husband—DNA report was not challenged by wife and same was also proved by examining the expert—Mere non impleading of adulterer as co-respondent is not fatal to the case of the appellant.
[Para 11]
Decision : Appeal allowed