Woman gets divorce on grounds of husband’s imprisonment

Woman gets divorce on grounds of husband’s imprisonment 

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Ahmedabad : A Gandhinagar court has granted divorce to a woman because her husband has been imprisoned in a murder case and would not be able to perform marital obligations in future. The divor ce petition was filed by the woman, who lives with her son at her maternal home in Hudko village of Gandhinagar district. She said that she got married to a man from Surendranagar district in 2014.

 She was dissatisfied with the husband’s behaviour and thinking. She alleged that as disputes between them arose, the husband used to beat her after consuming alcohol and her in-laws too joined him in the tortur . She was allegedly thrown out of her matrimonial home in June 2015. I

n 2016, the husband was jailed in connection with a murder case registered with Visnagar police station. Since then, he has been lodged in a jail in Mehsana and the trial against him is pending. The woman filed divorce petition six months after the husband was jailed. The court issued a notice to the husband, which was served on him in prison but he did not respond. After perusing the material placed by the woman, the court said, 

“It is proved that even after the intervention of those n ear and dear, it seems that petitioner is unable to stay together; that the opponent (husband) is unable to fulfil his marital obligations due to his imprisonment; that even in future, there is no possibility for reunion because of opponent’s imprisonment. Therefore, this is the fit case for granting the relief as prayed for. ” While dissolving the marriage, the court said, “Looking at the young age of the parties, it seems that for the better future of the petitioner (wife) and her child, the divorce petition is required to be allowed. ”