Chhattisgarh High Court Upholds Divorce Over Wife’s Insults, Citing Mental Cruelty

The Chhattisgarh High Court has upheld a 2019 Raipur Family Court ruling granting divorce to a husband whose wife called him “paaltu chuha” (pet rat) for following his parents and demanded he live separately from them.

A Bench of Justices Rajani Dubey and Amitendra Kishore Prasad held that such behaviour amounted to mental cruelty, noting that the husband’s evidence was unchallenged and supported by records.

The Court also observed that the wife had deserted the matrimonial home since 2010, justifying divorce on grounds of cruelty and desertion.

The husband was directed to pay ₹5 lakh as alimony, along with monthly maintenance for his wife and son.