Man seeks divorce saying wife forgets to turn off geyser
But the Bandra family court rejected the petition of the Malad resident, who also complained about his wife’s poor cooking skills.
The Bandra family court recently dismissed a divorce petition filed by a 33-year-old chartered accountant, who listed his wife’s forgetful nature and lack of cooking skills as few of the reasons for separation.
The Malad resident said in his petition that his wife prepared “pungent or excessively salty food” and didn’t help with household chores, all of which amounted to cruelty.
“The woman was careless to such an extent that she would forget to draw the curtains and shut the window while changing clothes. At times, she would forget the address of her matrimonial home while returning from office, and alight at Kandivali instead of Malad,” the petition said.
Judge SA Morey noted that such behaviour was a result of the “normal wear and tear of married life” and was not intentional. The court also observed that that the husband complaining about the woman’s cooking itself showed that she was making an effort, and simply because the food didn’t taste like the one prepared by his mother, did not mean she was being cruel.
Noting that forgetful nature also didn’t amount to cruelty, the court observed, “Boarding a wrong train or alighting at a wrong place while returning home shows that she is having forgetful behaviour (but) that does not mean that she was intentionally harassing the petitioner.”
The court said that the man’s relation with his wife was cordial when the two stayed together, but there were differences between the woman and her mother-in-law, mainly over cooking.
“It is not desirable that merely on the ground of differences between the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law, the marriage can be dissolved,” the judge said, while granting Rs 7,000 per month as maintenance for the couple’s child. The court, however, denied maintenance to the estranged wife saying she was capable of earning.
The Bandra family court recently dismissed a divorce petition filed by a 33-year-old chartered accountant, who listed his wife’s forgetful nature and lack of cooking skills as few of the reasons for separation.
The Malad resident said in his petition that his wife prepared “pungent or excessively salty food” and didn’t help with household chores, all of which amounted to cruelty.
He further said that despite being married for five years, she often forgot the address of their home and would alight from the train at the wrong station. The petition further said that the woman, 31, was “extremely negligent” and would often forget to turn off the stove, mixer, taps and geyser”.
“The woman was careless to such an extent that she would forget to draw the curtains and shut the window while changing clothes. At times, she would forget the address of her matrimonial home while returning from office, and alight at Kandivali instead of Malad,” the petition said.
Judge SA Morey noted that such behaviour was a result of the “normal wear and tear of married life” and was not intentional. The court also observed that that the husband complaining about the woman’s cooking itself showed that she was making an effort, and simply because the food didn’t taste like the one prepared by his mother, did not mean she was being cruel.
Noting that forgetful nature also didn’t amount to cruelty, the court observed, “Boarding a wrong train or alighting at a wrong place while returning home shows that she is having forgetful behaviour (but) that does not mean that she was intentionally harassing the petitioner.”
The court said that the man’s relation with his wife was cordial when the two stayed together, but there were differences between the woman and her mother-in-law, mainly over cooking.
“It is not desirable that merely on the ground of differences between the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law, the marriage can be dissolved,” the judge said, while granting Rs 7,000 per month as maintenance for the couple’s child. The court, however, denied maintenance to the estranged wife saying she was capable of earning.
