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Jharkhand court: no cow at home not grounds for divorce
A man in India went to court to ask for a divorce.
He said his wife was unkind to him and made his life difficult.
He told the judge she locked the bathroom door, turned off the water, and would not let him keep a cow at home.
The man also said his wife made him leave their house in 2020.
The couple got married in 1989 and lived together for 31 years.
They have three children together.
The judge said that being unkind in one marriage may not be unkind in another, and every family is different.
The judge decided the things the man described were not serious enough to end a marriage that lasted almost 35 years.
So the court said no to the divorce.
The Jharkhand High Court dismissed a husband's divorce plea, saying the alleged acts were not enough to dissolve his nearly 35-year marriage.
The husband claimed his wife locked the bathroom door, disconnected the water supply, and did not allow him to keep a cow at home.
The couple married in 1989 under Hindu customs, lived together for 31 years, and have three children.
The wife allegedly threw the 58-year-old husband out of the house in June 2020, after which he moved to a rented home.
The court said cruelty has no fixed definition and that desertion requires an intention to permanently end the marriage.
- Who
- A 58-year-old husband seeking divorce from his wife, with the case heard by Justices Sujit Narayan Prasad and Sanjay Prasad of the Jharkhand High Court.
- What
- The Jharkhand High Court dismissed the husband's divorce plea, ruling that allegations such as his wife not allowing him to keep a cow did not amount to cruelty.
- Where
- Jharkhand High Court
- When
- The court order was issued on August 6; the couple married in 1989 and were separated since June 2020.
- Why
- The court found the alleged acts were not of a nature that should dissolve a nearly 35-year marriage, and that desertion requires a clear intention to permanently end the relationship.
Key facts
- Court
- Jharkhand High Court
- Judges
- Justices Sujit Narayan Prasad and Sanjay Prasad
- Order date
- August 6
- Year of marriage
- 1989
- Marriage duration
- Almost 35 years (31 years lived together)
- Children
- Three
- Husband's age
- 58
- Grounds cited
- Cruelty and desertion
Quotes
Jharkhand High Court
Judge of the Jharkhand High Court
“"Though the petitioner during his evidence on affidavit stated that his wife tortured him on several time by locking door of toilet (lavatory) and sometimes by disconnecting water connection of the bathroom and that she did not allow him to keep cow in the house, but it is considered view of this court that these alleged specific acts and conduct are not of such nature as to dissolve long marital relationship of almost 35 years."”
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