💨 Abstract

In a groundbreaking ruling, the Madras High Court declared that a wife's private viewing of pornography or self-pleasure cannot be deemed as cruelty to her husband under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955. The court emphasized the right to personal expression and privacy, stating that self-pleasure is not a forbidden act. The court also dismissed claims of the wife suffering from a sexually transmitted disease due to lack of evidence.

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