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Hindu Man Can Divorce Wife if She Tries to Separate him From Family: SC

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[h=1]A welcome judgment…. It is well said that a son, brought up and given education by his parents, has a moral and legal obligation to take care and maintain the parents, when they become old and when they have either no income or have a meagre income.[/h][h=1]Hindu Man Can Divorce Wife if She Tries to Separate him From Family: SC[/h]New Delhi: In a Hindu society, it is a "pious obligation" of the son to maintain parents and the persistent effort of the wife to constrain the husband to be separated from his family constitutes an act of 'cruelty' enabling him to get divorce, the Supreme Court has said.

A bench of Justices Anil R Dave and L Nageshwara Rao made the obsrvations while confirming the decree of divorce sought by a Karnataka-based man.

The order was passed while setting aside Karnataka High Court judgment which had dismissed the decree of divorce granted by a Bangalore family court in 2001.

"In a Hindu society, it is a pious obligation of the son to maintain the parents. If a wife makes an attempt to deviate from the normal practice and normal custom of the society, she must have some justifiable reason for that and, in this case, we do not find any justifiable reason, except monetary consideration of the wife.

Read more at: http://www.news18.com/news/india/hi...s-to-separate-him-from-family-sc-1299696.html
 
It is a double edged sword.
How many more dowry death, and abused DIL will be needed to change this decision?
Yes some women have taken advantage of new found freedom, but courts can not force a married couple to stay together.
 

As has been pointed out by a senior Political and Economics analyst, we worship girl child (Kanya) and married women as (Suhasini ) in India.

But it is very unfortunate we need such an Order to exercise our dutyful obligation.....
 
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There are many parents with only girl child/children. Do the girls also enjoy similar rights as far as taking care of their parents are concerned?
 
There are many parents with only girl child/children. Do the girls also enjoy similar rights as far as taking care of their parents are concerned?

I think Girls are also allowed equal weightage in parental property..So it behoves on them too to take care of her parents..Her husband cannot come in the way..Though it is not happening in all cases , I have seen TB's taking care of both side parents
 
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