- A wife is not obliged to follow her husband everywhere; Explanation of the Madras High Court.
- Court's remarks while rejecting divorce petition of 67-year-old husband separated from him for 16 years.
- The couple got married in 1992 and have 4 children and the husband went to Mumbai for work.
Madras High Court News: A wife cannot be expected to follow her husband around like a pug dog in a Vodafone commercial. The Madras High Court on Thursday held that the wife is not required to accompany the husband every time he goes to a place for work or other reasons. This case pertains to a couple who have been living separately for about 16 years.
On the petition filed by the husband, Justice G. R. Swaminathan and Justice M. D. Sumti was heard before the bench. Both were married in September 1992. They have 4 children. At present the age of the husband is 67 years. The court said that great bitterness has arisen between the husband and wife and there is no possibility of reunification.
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Prolonged separation, not living together and complete breakdown of marital relationship can be causes of mental torture.
Madras High Court (On Divorce Matters)
It was his own fault that the husband did not take the wife to Mumbai, the husband said in the petition that he went to Mumbai from Sivaganga in Tamil Nadu for work; But his wife did not come with him. In 2014, he filed a divorce petition in Sivaganga Family Court. He also accused his wife of having an immoral relationship with another person. In September 2021, the family court dismissed the husband's divorce petition. The husband himself went to Mumbai for work and did not take the wife with him. Therefore, the court said that the husband cannot ask for divorce by taking advantage of his own mistake.
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A big gap in the relationship
The husband and wife lived separately for about 16 years. Nor did it appear that the wife made any formal efforts to return to the husband. The High Court held discussions with both sides to explore the possibility of a settlement between the two; But there was no solution. There is a big rift in their marital relationship and there is no possibility of reunion, prolonged separation, dissolution of marriage and complete breakdown of the relationship, depending on the circumstances may come under the scope of mental cruelty.