The Chhattisgarh High Court has ruled that a wife visiting her husband’s office and verbally abusing him is considered cruelty. The court upheld a Raipur family court’s decision to grant a man a divorce from his wife on these grounds.
A division bench comprising Justices Goutam Bhaduri and Radhakishan Agrawal delivered the judgment on August 18. The case involved an appeal by the wife, challenging the family court’s ruling. The wife had also filed a complaint against her husband, who works as a government official, accusing him of having an extramarital affair and requesting his transfer to another location. The court found that this baseless accusation also amounted to cruelty.
The couple had married in 2010, with the husband being a 32-year-old from Dhamtari district, and the wife, a 34-year-old widow from Raipur. The man had filed for divorce in the Raipur family court, citing multiple reasons, including that his wife often abused him and prevented him from meeting his parents.
In December 2019, the Raipur family court granted the husband a divorce after reviewing the evidence. The wife then appealed the decision in the High Court. Her lawyer argued that the family court failed to recognize the cruelty she endured from her husband. However, the husband’s lawyer pointed out that the wife not only made false accusations about an affair but also created disturbances by going to his office and demanding his transfer.
The High Court observed that the wife had repeatedly abused her husband over minor issues. Witnesses, including the husband’s sister, confirmed the wife’s inappropriate behavior. It was also established that she had visited his workplace, verbally abused him, and made false allegations, damaging his reputation in front of his colleagues.
The bench noted, “When a wife goes to her husband’s office and accuses him of inappropriate relations, it damages his image and lowers his status in the workplace. Her behavior, including preventing him from meeting his parents, also amounts to cruelty.”
As a result, the High Court upheld the family court’s decision to grant the man a divorce.
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