Few instances over years do not amount to cruelty when reviewing marriage: Kerala HC

The Kerala High Court, in a recent judgment, observed that married life should be reviewed as a whole, and a few isolated instances over the years would not amount to cruelty.The Division Bench of Justice A.K. Jayasankaran Nambiar and Justice Preeta A.K. was considering a matrimonial appeal by a husband challenging an order of the family court, Kannur, dismissing his petition for divorce on the ground of cruelty.The High Court held there was no reason to interfere with the family court’s order, finding it had appreciated the evidence in its correct perspective. The husband had argued that there was marital discord from the beginning, his wife had not gotten along with his friends and family, and that she had deceived him by claiming that she was a ‘civil diploma holder’. The family court a