India, Sept. 14 -- A Pune district court on September 10 granted a divorce to a 29-year-old man after holding that he proved his wife subjected him to mental cruelty during their marriage.

District Judge K V Parit allowed the petition under Section 10(X) of the Indian Divorce Act, 1869, noting that the husband's evidence regarding the alleged cruelty remained unchallenged because neither the wife nor her advocate cross-examined him or his supporting witness.

The Christian couple had a church wedding on January 22, 2021. They have no children.

The husband alleged that his wife subjected him to mental cruelty soon after their marriage. He claimed she avoided interacting with his family members, seemed unhappy when they were together, and...