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ISSUE:

Whether non-compliance with restitution of conjugal rights constitutes taking advantage of one's own wrong under section 23 of the Hindu Marriage Act?

RULE:

In order to be a 'wrong' within the meaning of Section 23(1)(a) the conduct alleged has to be something more than a mere disinclination to agree to an offer of reunion, it must be misconduct serious enough to justify denial of the relief to which the husband or the wife is otherwise entitled.

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