Maggi is a food that is available in every house. We all love Maggi, don’t we? But did you ever thought that Maggi could also be the reason for Divorce?

A curious “Maggi case” has recently come to light, where a couple’s marriage was in trouble. As per a news report, a man sought divorce from his wife after finding out that she couldn’t cook anything other than Maggi and prepared it for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Principal district and sessions court judge in Mysuru, ML Raghunath, shared the case from when he was district judge at Ballari.

Raghunath termed it the “Maggi case”, adding how the man complained that the woman would go to the grocery store and only buy Maggi. The couple got divorced by mutual consent, Raghunath shared. He also spoke about a “drastic increase” in divorce cases lately.

Raghunath said, “The husband said his wife did not know how to prepare any food other than Maggi noodles. It was noodles for breakfast, lunch and dinner. He complained that his wife went to the provision store and brought only instant noodles.”

Talking about divorce cases, he further said that court has received some cases from people just after the day of their wedding. The issues that led to their separation included petty issues like– not talking to the partner, putting salt on the wrong side of the plate, for the wrong colour wedding suit, for not spending enough time with the wife, etc.

Raghunath further said, “Divorce cases are increasing drastically over the years. Couples have to stay together for at least a year before seeking divorce. If there was no such law, there would be divorce petitions filed directly from wedding halls.

We use sentiments to bring a compromise among couples and reunite them. It is more of psychological issues than physical. In most cases, though couples reunite, scars of their dispute remain. Out of 800-900 matrimonial cases, we succeed in about 20-30 cases. In the previous Lok Adalat, of around 110 divorce cases, reunion happened in just 32 cases.”