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‘Not just leaving house’: Jharkhand High Court explains why simply moving out doesn’t count as ‘desertion’ in divorce
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The Indian Express
Jharkhand High Court was dealing with a divorce plea of a husband on the grounds of cruelty and desertion.
(Image generated using AI)While dismissing a divorce plea of a husband on the ground of desertion of the wife, the Jharkhand High Court said that desertion is not merely leaving a “physical home”, but abandoning a marital obligation.
A division bench of Justices Sujit Nrayan Prasad and Arun Kumar Rai was hearing a husband’s plea against the family court’s 2022 order that dismissed his divorce petition.
Jharkhand High Court News: The division bench said that the husband admitted that he would not keep his wife even if she behaved well.
(Image is enhanced using AI) Jharkhand High Court News: The division bench said that the husband admitted that he would not keep his wife even if she behaved well.