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‘Bad health not their fault’: Jharkhand High Court denies divorce on wife’s mental illness | Legal News

‘Bad health not their fault’: Jharkhand High Court denies divorce on wife’s mental illness | Legal News

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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 …

Divorce no stigma: retired judge welcomes daughter home with drums, garlands in Meerut

Divorce no stigma: retired judge welcomes daughter home with drums, garlands in Meerut

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Meerut , In a striking departure from conventional social attitudes, a family in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut marked a divorce not with silence but celebration. Divorce no stigma: retired judge welcomes daughter home with drums, garlands in Meerut Retired judge Gyanendra Kumar Sharma welcomed home his only daughter Pranita Vashistha with drums, garlands and sweets, sending out a strong message against stigma, after a family court granted her divorce on Saturday. According to her counsels Rajeev Giri and Naseeb Saifi, Pranita had married an Army Major from Shahjahanpur on December 19, 2018. However, the marriage soon ran into trouble, with allegations of continued mental, physical and emotional distress at her matrimonial home. Despite the birth of a son, the situation did not improve, prompting Pranita to file for divorce in the Meerut family court. Principal Judge Shaktiputra Tomar granted the divorce on Saturday. Soon after the court’s decision, the family turned the moment into a celebration of a “new beginning”. As Pranita stepped out of the court premises, relatives danced to the beat of drums and …

Surat court stays 7-year-old Jain girl’s ‘diksha’ after father moves plea

Surat court stays 7-year-old Jain girl’s ‘diksha’ after father moves plea

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Surat, A family court in Gujarat’s Surat city on Monday stayed ‘diksha’ of a seven-year-old Jain girl after her father filed a plea claiming his estranged wife had gone against his wishes and decided that the child should embrace monkhood. Surat court stays 7-year-old Jain girl’s ‘diksha’ after father moves plea Family court judge SV Mansuri granted a stay on her ‘diksha’, which was scheduled on February 8, 2026, in Mumbai. “The court granted our plea for an interim stay on the girl’s ‘diksha’ and kept further hearing on January 2. It has asked the mother to file an affidavit stating that the child will not take part in the ceremony,” petitioner’s lawyer Samapti Mehta said. The court was informed that the woman had left her husband’s house nearly a year ago following a dispute on this issue, and took her daughter and son to live with her parents. On December 10, the girl’s father had approached the family court seeking her custody, claiming his estranged wife had decided against his wishes that the child …

Wearing ‘Sindoor’ Religious Duty Of Woman As It Shows She Is Married: Family Court

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The court has asked a woman to return to her husband’s home with immediate effect. Indore: A family court in Indore in Madhya Pradesh has asked a woman to return to her husband’s home with immediate effect while observing that wearing the ritualistic ‘sindoor’ (vermillion) was the duty of a (Hindu) woman as it demonstrates that she is married. Indore family court Principal Judge NP Singh’s direction came while hearing a petition of a man seeking restoration of his rights under Hindu Marriage Act after his wife walked out of the marriage five years ago. In his order of March 1, the judge said, “When the statement of the woman was recorded in the court, she admitted she was not wearing ‘sindoor’. ‘Sindoor’ is a religious duty of a wife and it shows that the woman is married.” After perusal of the entire submission of the woman, it was clear she had not been abandoned by her husband and that she had left him and wanted a divorce, the order further said. “She has forsaken …

Delhi HC upholds family court order rejecting Omar Abdullah’s divorce plea | Latest News India

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The Delhi high court on Tuesday upheld a family court’s order rejecting former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah’s plea for divorce from his estranged wife, Payal, saying there was no infirmity in the judgment and that the allegations of cruelty he levelled were vague and unacceptable. Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah. (PTI) “…we find no infirmity with the view taken by the family court that the allegations of cruelty were vague and unacceptable and the appellant failed to prove any act which can be termed cruelty either physical or mental. Consequently, we find no merit in the appeal, the same is accordingly dismissed,” a bench of justices Sanjeev Sachdeva and Vikas Mahajan said. Stay tuned with breaking news on HT Channel on Facebook. Join Now Abdullah moved the high court against the family court’s August 2016 order dismissing his divorce plea. He pleaded their marriage had irretrievably broken down and wanted to get re-married. The family court said Abdullah failed to prove irretrievable breakdown and the claims of cruelty or …