CJI Chandrachud Urges Mutual Divorce, Advises Woman to Find a Job
Shruti Mahapatra
Chief Justice DY Chandrachud advised a couple to settle their dispute with mutual divorce instead of a long legal fight, telling the woman, “You must find a job for yourself.”
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