What is the legal defination of "Cruelty"? How far cruelty is a reason for divorce? Define.?

Answer 1

Cruelty: "Intentional and malicious infliction of mental and physical suffering on someone."

http://www.lawglossary.net/definition/607-Cruelty

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(Excerpt from "Legal Definition of Cruelty")

- 1. Between hushand and wife, those acts which affect the life, the health, or even the comfort of the party aggrieved, and give a reasonable apprehension of bodily hurt, are called cruelty. What merely wounds the feelings is seldom admitted to be cruelty, unless the act be accompanied with bodily injury, either actual or menaced. Mere austerity of temper, petulance of manners, rudeness of language, a want of civil attention and accommodation, even occasional sallies of passion, will not amount to legal cruelty a fortiori, the denial of little indulgences and particular accommodations, which the delicacy of the world is apt to number among its necessaries, is not cruelty. The negative descriptions of cruelty are perhaps the best, under the infinite variety of cases that may occur, by showing what is not cruelty. It is to be remarked that exhibitions of passion and gusts of anger which would be sufficient to create irreconcilable hatred between persons educated and trained to respect each other's feelings, would, with persons of coarse manners and habits, have but a momentary effect. An act which towards the latter would cause but a momentary difference, would with the former, be excessive cruelty.

http://www.lectlaw.com/def/c332.htm

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(Excerpt from "Divorce under Hindu marriage act," section entitled: "Divorce under Christian marriage act.")

Cruelty. As with adultery, "the definition of the type of behavior that constitutes cruelty varies according to the gender of the petitioner" of the divorce. "Despite the fact that cruelty is often equally available to husbands and wives, the way in which the law is interpreted and applied suggests that women and men are evaluated by rather different standards" (Kapur and Cossman 105). This category includes both physical and mental abuse and neglect (Choudhary 91). A court decision made in early May 1997 made cruelty sufficient grounds for a Christian woman to obtain a [divorce]; previously, the law required both adultery and cruelty to be proven. The national Indian Christian community seems to have embraced this judgment (Raikar-Mhatre 1-2).

http://dowry-law-misuse.tripod.com/divorce.htm

Answer 2

Curelty means un kindness. Those who are not having kindness they used to call curel. If they do harms to others
called cruelty.

If husband after marriage with the lade some more other reason after boosing if he behave with his wife unkindful
manner it may be somany ways without her wishes if he
does nonsense will leade for divorce. Un lawful action,
unkindness without her consent having sex or abuse with
the wife is leading for divorce.

Answer 3

It means the same as it does in everyday life, either physical cruelty, where you are hit, tortured or otherwise physically hurt.
There is also mental cruelty which is much broader, it can include name calling, insulting, humiliation(both in private and in public), false accusations,etc, the list goes on and on.

Answer 4

physical or mental abuse.(punishment)is a dissolution(dissolvement) of marriage contract.
willful and unjustifiable conduct of such characters as to cause danger to life,limb,health,bodily or mental(abusive)