New Delhi, July 18 -- If a wife refuses to have a physical relationship with her husband, accuses him of having an extra-marital affair and insults him in front of his friends, does it amount to cruelty towards the husband? Yes, said the Bombay High Court on Thursday.

According to Live Law, a division bench of Justices Revati Mohite-Dere and Dr Neela Gokhale noted that the wife insulting the husband in front of his friends and ill-treating his employees will cause "mental agony" to the husband.

The judges reportedly held that: "The husband is a part of his family's business. The unrebutted evidence pertaining to the wife's behaviour with his employees is sure to cause agony to him."

"Similarly, humiliating him in front of his friends i...