Wife's alcohol consumption alone does not constitute cruelty: HC
Granting a decree of divorce on grounds of cruelty, the Allahabad High Court observed that merely consumption of alcohol by wife doesn't amount to cruelty unless it is followed by uncivilized behaviour. "Though, consuming...alcohol in middle-class society is...a taboo...however there are no pleadings on record to show as to how consuming of alcohol has caused cruelty to husband," it said.