Indian court says denying sex to spouse is cruelty

A spouse who refuses to have sex with their partner is guilty of cruelty, the Delhi High Court has ruled in a case over a contested divorce.

The court judge declared that denial of sex was justifiable grounds for divorce after a man said that his wife had refused to sleep with him on their wedding night and had only consented 10 to 15 times over a five-month period.

'The testimony of the husband that the wife was never responsive and was like a dead wood when he had sexual intercourse with her remained unrebutted,' Justice Kailash Gambhir said in his verdict, the Press Trust of India reported on Saturday.

'It is evident that wilful denial of sexual intercourse without reasonable cause would amount to cruelty,' Justice Gambhir said.

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