Archive · 16 Dec 2025
Courts Rule on Divorce Cases
In Chhattisgarh, India, a high court ruled that a woman hiding her menstrual problems before marriage can be a reason for divorce.
A husband asked for a divorce because his wife didn't tell him she hadn't had her period for ten years before they got married.
The wife said she could still have children with treatment, but she didn't have a doctor's note to prove it.
The court agreed with the husband and granted the divorce.
The husband has to pay his wife Rs 5 lakh as permanent alimony.
In another case, the Supreme Court dissolved a marriage between a couple from Shillong who had been living separately for 24 years.
The court said that a long period of separation without any hope for reconciliation amounts to cruelty to both parties.
The Chhattisgarh High Court ruled that concealing menstrual issues can be grounds for divorce.
The husband filed for divorce in 2022, alleging his wife hid her lack of menstrual cycles for ten years before marriage.
The wife claimed her medical issues could be resolved with treatment but did not provide a doctor's certificate.
The court granted the divorce and ordered the husband to pay Rs 5 lakh as permanent alimony.
The Supreme Court dissolved a marriage between a couple from Shillong who had been living separately for 24 years, citing cruelty due to a long period of separation.
- Who
- A husband and wife in Chhattisgarh and another estranged couple in Shillong
- What
- The Chhattisgarh High Court granted divorce based on the wife's concealment of menstrual issues, and the Supreme Court dissolved a marriage due to a long period of separation
- When
- The divorce petition in Chhattisgarh was filed on March 16, 2022, and the Supreme Court ruled on December 15
- Where
- Chhattisgarh, India and Shillong, India
- Why
- The wife in Chhattisgarh concealed her menstrual issues and potential infertility before marriage, and the couple in Shillong had been living separately for 24 years with no hope for reconciliation
- Court
- Chhattisgarh High Court
- Judges
- Justice Rajani Dubey and Justice Amitendra Kishore Prasad
- Marriage Date
- June 5, 2015
- Divorce Petition Date
- March 16, 2022
- Alimony Awarded
- Rs 5 lakh
- Supreme Court Judges
- Justices Manmohan and Joymalya Bagchi
- Marriage Date (Supreme Court Case)
- August 4, 2000
- Duration of Separation
- 24 years
Sources
Concealment Of Menstrual Issue, Ground For Divorce: Chhattisgarh HC
Abandoning spouse in anger, disgust not desertion: Jharkhand High Court denies divorce to man
Long period of separation between husband, wife amounts to cruelty to both: SC
