A division bench of Justices Goutam Bhaduri and Deepak Kumar Tiwari, therefore, allowed a plea by a woman seeking divorce from her husband on the ground of cruelty.
“While the wife was working and used to sometimes come home late, the allegations that the husband used to assassinate the character of the wife and the allegations that when the wife started teaching the students in tuition at her home, the husband used to speak filthy abuses about character of wife, would naturally tarnish the image of the wife before the society specially before the students, and at their tender age they may loose respect for teacher,” the bench observed.
The Court was hearing an appeal filed by the woman challenging a November 2021 judgment by a Family Court in Raipur which had dismissed her plea for divorce.
The Court noted that the wife wasn’t initially accepted by her in-laws since it was a love marriage.
The woman contended that her husband was jobless and so she took up a teaching job at a school to meet the family expenses. She further stated that due to work load, she would sometimes come home late. Her husband did not like the fact that she was working and doubted her character and often accused her of having an illicit relationship with some male colleagues.
Source: Barandbench
