Kerala: Wife could not cook, husband asked for divorce, know what the judge said?

Kerala High Court while giving an important decision said that if the wife does not know how to cook then it cannot be a ground for divorce, calling it cruelty. A bench of two judges of the High Court has rejected the husband’s petition. Justice Anil K. In the petition filed before the bench of Justice Narendran and Justice Sophie Thomas, it was said on behalf of the husband that the wife does not know how to cook and is not even ready for it. The bench held, “Another ground of cruelty urged by the appellant is that the respondent did not know how to cook and hence she did not cook food for him. “It cannot even be said to be cruel enough to end a legal marriage.”

In the present case, both of them were married in May 2012. The husband and wife were living in Abu Dhabi for a long time. The husband argued that the wife insulted and abused him in the presence of his relatives. She said that she never respected him and kept a distance from him. It was also claimed that his wife had once spit on him, although he later apologized.

What are the arguments between husband and wife?
It was also said that the wife sent a complaint about the husband to the company where he was working. Derogatory statements were made against the husband to terminate the employment. The husband further said that she was not ready to cook food for him and would even quarrel with his mother for silly reasons. The wife contested all the allegations and argued that her husband had sexual perversions. The husband has mental health problems and has also stopped taking his medicines.

What did the High Court say?
The High Court said the wife had expressed concern about the behavioral changes she had observed in her husband and was seeking assistance from people in her office to find out what was wrong with him and bring him back to a normal life. Was. There is no evidence to prove the allegation that she spit on her husband. On the basis that the marriage was ‘practically and emotionally exhausted’ and the parties had been living separately for ten years, the Court said, “Therefore in law, a party can unilaterally decide to walk out of the marriage.” Cannot be done when there are not sufficient grounds to justify divorce. Saying that due to not being together for a long time, their marriage is over, both practically and emotionally. “No one can be allowed to be encouraged by their own faulty actions or inactions.”