5 min readNew DelhiJul 23, 2026 04:55 PM IST The Jharkhand High Court has said that a wife suffering from “some health issues” cannot become a ground for divorce and upheld an order refusing divorce to a man who claimed his wife was mentally ill and deserted him. Justices Sujit Narayan Prasad and Sanjay Prasad were of the view that the husband had himself “dismantled” the matrimonial home as he had left the wife at her home and refused to take her back. “Life is made up of good times and bad, and the bad times can bring with it terrible illnesses and extreme hardships. The partners in a marriage must weather these storms and embrace the sunshine with equanimity. Any person may have bad health; this is not their fault, and most times, it is not within their control,” the July 21 order read. The couple married on January 30, 2015, following which the husband claimed that he noticed that his wife was suffering from a mental health disorder and did not understand a …