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Reluctance to stay with less-earning husband can lead to divorce

     New Delhi: Here is some good news for those husbands who earn less than their wives and have to suffer in various ways, including keeping a distance from their wives. The Supreme Court has now passed an order that a wife's refusal to stay with a less-earning husband can be sufficient grounds for the latter to file for divorce. The apex court has opined that abandoning a marriage on monetary grounds alone is not justified. The court's decision came during the hearing of a case in which a husband had sought to divorce his wife on grounds of desertion after his wife had refused to stay with him as she was earning Rs. 7000 while the husband was earning just Rs. 1400. The couple had got married in 1992, but in 1993, the bride, who was working as a teacher in Bhuj, refused to leave her job to join her husband at Mumbai. Interestingly, the bride said she would join him if he starts earning at least Rs 5,000 per month. Irked by his wife's adamant demand, the husband approached the courts for redress and divorce, which was first granted by the Gujarat High Court. "In the facts and circumstances of the case, it cannot be said that this desertion on the part of the wife was with a reasonable cause. It amounted to wilful neglect of the husband by the wife as monetary consideration alone could not be considered as a reasonable cause to desert," the bench said. The court pulled up the wife, saying there had been no attempt by her to stay with her husband, though she knew of his earnings prior to the marriage.
-Oct 3, 2005

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