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RAIPUR: More than 10,000 cases were disposed off during the National Lok Adalat, held in all civil courts across Chhattisgarh.
The first of its kind Lok Adalats were held right from Taluka to the High Court in the state by the Chhattisgarh State Legal Services Authority for swift disposal of pre-litigation and pending cases through virtual and physical mode while complying with the Covid protocol.
Over one thousand cases withdrawn on the initiative of the state government were those related to violation of guidelines during the Covid pandemic under Section 188.
Special cases like Sections 321, 258 (Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973), petty offences, and cases registered under the Disaster Management Act 2005 during the covid-19 lockdown were also resolved.
Over 10,000 cases resolved in Lok Adalat in Chhattisgarh
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Repeated violent behaviour and suicide attempt amount to mental cruelty, said the Chattisgarh High Court while hearing a divorce plea. The family court in Raipur dismissed the man plea for a divorce under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (Representative Image). | Photo Credit: iStock Images
Key Highlights
The Chattisgarh High Court stated that a woman s behaviour in her marital life was mental cruelty towards her husband
The court also granted a divorce to the woman and her husband
Raipur: The Chhattisgarh High Court recently observed that a woman s suicide attempt, assault on her mother-in-law, husband and daughter amounted to mental cruelty. The woman s husband approached the court, seeking a divorce and alleged that the woman s mental health deteriorated in the past years.