Is Taunting a Wife’s Dark Complexion Enough to Constitute Cruelty?
The answer to this emotionally charged and legally significant question is nuanced, as clarified by the Bombay High Court in Sadashiv Parbati Rupnawar v. State of Maharashtra (Criminal Appeal No. 649 of 1998, decided on 11 July 2025). In this case, the Court examined the sensitive issue of taunting a wife over her complexion within…