The Supreme Court of India has observed that forcing a husband to separate from the family is an act of ¡°cruelty¡± and a ground for divorce.
The statement was made while allowing a husband¡¯s plea to annul a 24-year marriage.
An Apex Court bench, having Justice AR Dave and Justice LN Rao, said that leveling false allegations against the husband ¡ª accusing him of extra-marital affairs and repeated threats to commit suicide ¡ª is also a ground for divorce.
¡°The persistent effort of the wife to constrain the appellant (husband) to be separated from the family would be torturous for the husband in our opinion,¡± the bench held, reversing Karnataka high court¡¯s verdict that declined relief to the husband.
The Supreme Court said the trial court was right in arriving at a conclusion that the wife¡¯s persistence constitutes an act of ¡®cruelty¡¯.
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¡°In our opinion, normally, no husband would tolerate this and no son would like to be separated from his old parents and other family members, who are also dependent on his income,¡± noted the bench.
According to the Supreme Court, no husband would ever be comfortable with or tolerate a wife who constantly threatens to commit suicide. ¡°¡.one can imagine how a poor husband would get entangled in the clutches of law, which would virtually ruin his sanity, peace of mind, career and probably his entire life.¡±