Wife Deserted Husband “Without Any Reasonable Cause” In 1992: Gujarat High Court Grants Divorce To 67-Year-Old Husband After 3 Decades
The Gujarat High Court granted divorce to a 67-year-old husband after finding that his wife had been living separately from him since 1992 without reasonable cause. The couple married in 1989 and had two sons, but the wife left the matrimonial home in August 1992 and did not return. The Court set aside the Family Court’s finding on desertion and dissolved the marriage under the Hindu Marriage Act. It also increased the wife’s permanent alimony from ₹12,000 to ₹20,000 per month, considering that she had no independent source of income.
