NEW DELHI: A man has been granted divorce by a Delhi court on the ground that he underwent “tremendous” cruelty because of his wife, who deserted him just a month after marriage.

Additional district judge Sujata Kohli dissolved the marriage under the provisions of the Hindu Marriage Act saying the relationship between the couple — who stayed together only for a month — seems dead.

“Petitioner/husband has succeeded in establishing the grounds of cruelty as well as desertion as defined under the HMA . There is no other reason under the law on account of which the husband would be denied the relief and as such he is held entitled to decree of divorce on both grounds,” the court said.