As per case facts, the appellant wife and respondent husband married in December 1985. The husband alleged that the marriage could not be consummated due to the wife's non-cooperation and ... frail health, which he claimed was concealed before marriage. He stated she refused medical treatment, misbehaved with his friends, and caused embarrassing situations, including physically confronting him. The wife denied these allegations, claiming the marriage was consummated and she had a miscarriage, and that the husband sought mutual divorce. The Trial Court dismissed the husband's divorce petition, but the High Court allowed his appeal, granting divorce on grounds of cruelty. The Division Bench upheld this decision. The question arose regarding the meaning and import of 'cruelty' as a matrimonial offense for divorce. Finally, the Supreme Court, considering the cumulative effect of the wife's conduct, including non-cooperation, refusal of treatment, misbehavior, and the general breakdown of the marriage over many years, affirmed that her actions amounted to mental cruelty. The Court found no error in the High Court's decision to dissolve the marriage, noting the long separation and the respondent's remarriage, concluding that the marriage had irretrievably broken down.