Taunting wife over small car, less gold given as dowry: Delhi HC says cruelty case can exist
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The Delhi High Court recently held that repeatedly taunting a woman about “small car” and “less gold” given as dowry can constitute cruelty as a ground for divorce.Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma noted that the wife in a matrimonial dispute had been repeatedly taunted for not bringing enough dowry."The alleged remarks, that the complainant had promised a bigger car but had given money sufficient only for a smaller car, and that the gold articles given were less than what had been promised, prima fa