Sexless Indian Honeymoon Not Grounds for Divorce
The Times of India recently reported that The Bombay High Court, in an appeal from a lower court decision, has ruled that a woman’s refusal to consummate a wedding during a honeymoon is not a ground for divorce.
A man filed for a divorce in Mumbai on the grounds of cruelty; stating that his wife refused to have marital relations during their honeymoon. The High Court set aside a former divorce judgement by a lower family court in 2012. In the earlier court decision, the wife’s Divorce Lawyer alleged that the woman’s reason for refusing to marital relations was valid. The Times of India did not specify what the woman’s reason for refusal was. The High Court also noted that there were no complaints of later refusals.
“Married life should be assessed as a whole and a few isolated instances over certain period will not amount to cruelty,” stated the High Court, which also noted that the “The wife’s conduct is not ‘grave or weighty’ to be treated as cause for cruelty.”
Similarly to Indian Law, Thailand divorce law requires grounds for the divorce. However, refusal to consummate the marriage is not expressly stated as a ground for divorce in Thailand. The closest stated ground for divorce in Thailand law is the failure to cohabitate as husband and wife due to physical disability.
Read the full report here.
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