September 12, 2014

Life of a Divorce Case in India - 40 Years ? A brief memoir

Today someone tweeted to me about his bitter experience in court. He said his divorce case is going on since 5 years.. and yet there is no end.

This reminded me of hearing of a case which I had overheard in court.

Here the Divorce case was going on since 40 years. Once parties may have reached to Supreme Court and matter could have been remanded.. This may have taken so many years.

Judges asked about what parties were doing?

It appeared that husband and wife both were highly educated and rich doctors. Husband wanted divorce. Wife was refusing divorce.

Legal battles kept going on for 40 years.

I do not remember what further happened in case. Probably, Supreme Court must have put a quietus on the litigation by confirming divorce granted by courts below.

The Point is :

If a divorce case keep going on for more years, woman and man both lose their valuable years of life. 

Laws take time to change. The courts have to do something about fixing maximum life of a divorce case.

Haresh Raichura
12/9/14