Shobha Rani v. Madhukar Reddi, 12 November 1987.
Overturning a lower court decision, the Supreme Court of India ruled that harassment of a wife where such harassment has as its goal coercing her or any person related to her to meet any unlawful demand for any property or valuable security such as for dowry would constitute cruelty sufficient to warrant divorce.
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