“Don’t treat your husband like a fool!” The Supreme Court has advised a woman who is unwilling to live with her husband.
The couple married in 2018 and has 2 children. However, soon after the wedding, their relationship began to deteriorate & fights broke out.
The wife then decided it was best to leave her in-laws’ home. She moved to Patna, where she works at the RBI and lives with her parents. Her husband works for the Railways in Delhi.
The wife’s family wanted the husband to come to Patna and live with her family. However, the husband refused. He argued that since they had children, it was important for them to live together and take care of them. He also suggested that they could rent a separate house in Patna for his wife’s convenience, but she refused.
The wife’s family then filed a case against her husband & claimed that the husband wanted to live separately from his wife, and on that basis, the marriage should be annulled.
Justices B.V. Nagarathna and R. Mahadevan, who sat on the bench, expressed their opinion on this matter: The court stated that the husband’s parents are in a very difficult situation because the daughter-in-law does not want to live with them, and therefore they are being asked to leave their own home. This is wrong.
The judges said, “Imagine, parents have to leave their home because the daughter-in-law does not want to live with them.”
The Supreme Court found that the children’s mental health has been deeply affected by the years of discord between the couple, as they are also separated from their father. In this context, the court stated that once a couple is entrusted with the responsibility of their children, they must prioritize their needs. They must prioritize their children’s well-being, regardless of their personal differences.
In this context, the court advised the couple to resume discussions, or mediation, so that they could find a mutually agreed solution, while keeping the child’s well-being in mind.
The court directly instructed the wife not to consider her husband a fool and to put aside her ego in a relationship like marriage.
