Calling Husband 'Paaltu Chooha' and Asking Him to Leave Parents Amounts to Cruelty, Divorce Upheld: Chhattisgarh High Court
The Chhattisgarh High Court, in a significant matrimonial ruling under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, has upheld the Family Court’s decree of divorce granted in favour of a husband whose wife had insulted him by calling him a "paaltoo chooha" (pet rat) for obeying his parents, and persistently demanded that he separate from his in-laws. The Division Bench of Justice Rajani Dubey and Justice Amitendra Kishore Prasad dismissed the wife’s…
