AHMEDABAD: A sessions court cancelled a divorce decree granted by a lower court to a Hindu couple and said marriage is a pious institution under Hindu law, where it is a sacrament and not a contract unlike in other belief systems.
Insisting that courts should try for reconciliation, the court requested the couple to try to settle their disputes by going for mediation or through an alternative dispute redressal mechanism.
The couple hail from Dhandhuka town in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. They got married in 1998 and have three children. The wife has been living with her parents since 2012 and the husband sought a divorce in 2014. A court in Dhandhuka granted him divorce in 2018, on grounds of cruelty and desertion by wife. The wife challenged the decision. Sessions court said trial court jumped to conclusion that the husband was subjected to mental cruelty, based on conjectures and surmises. The husband cannot be allowed to take advantage of his wrongs and follies, as evidence shows that it is the wife who is facing cruelty and domestic violence, the court noted.
Court requested the couple to explore the possibility of an amicable settlement.
Insisting that courts should try for reconciliation, the court requested the couple to try to settle their disputes by going for mediation or through an alternative dispute redressal mechanism.
The couple hail from Dhandhuka town in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. They got married in 1998 and have three children. The wife has been living with her parents since 2012 and the husband sought a divorce in 2014. A court in Dhandhuka granted him divorce in 2018, on grounds of cruelty and desertion by wife. The wife challenged the decision. Sessions court said trial court jumped to conclusion that the husband was subjected to mental cruelty, based on conjectures and surmises. The husband cannot be allowed to take advantage of his wrongs and follies, as evidence shows that it is the wife who is facing cruelty and domestic violence, the court noted.
Court requested the couple to explore the possibility of an amicable settlement.
