The Court granted a divorce decree to a man who claimed that his wife denied him physical intimacy for a long time and failed to consummate the marriage.
One party cannot unilaterally decide to walk out of a marriage and then seek divorce on the ground that they had been living seperately, the Court said.
The Bench relied on a 2016 Supreme Court judgment which said that it is not a common practice for a Hindu son in India to get separated from his parents upon getting married, at the instance of the wife.
Preservation of an unworkable marriage which has long ceased to be effective is bound to be a source of greater misery for the parties, the Court held.
The Chhattisgarh High Court granted a decree of divorce on the ground of cruelty under the Hindu Marriage Act to a husband who alleged that his wife was leading an adulterous life.