"WIFE... Worry Invited For Ever": What Kerala High Court Said In Order Denying Divorce
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Court cites "old concept of Wise Investment For Ever" to make sweeping observations on culture, live-in relationships and "conscience of society"
Slamming "consumer culture of use and throw", the Kerala High Court has made some sweeping observations while rejecting a divorce plea, including one that says the newer generations see marriage as "evil", and they want to avoid it to "enjoy free life". Live-in relationships are on the rise, it further underlines.
A Division Bench of Justices A Muhammed Mustaque and Sophy Thomas made the comments last week while rejecting a man's appeal for divorce over alleged "matrimonial cruelty". He was in High Court after a family court rejected his petition as the wife disputed his claims that she assaulted him.
"The wails and screams coming out of disturbed and destroyed families are liable to shake the conscience of the society as a whole," the High Court says in the order of August 24.
"When warring couples, deserted children and desperate divorcees occupy the majority of our population, no doubt it will adversely affect the tranquility of our social life, and our society will have a stunted growth," the order, authored by Justice Sophy Thomas, reads.
