In a notable case, the Chhattisgarh High Court ruled in favour of a husband’s petition for divorce, citing his wife’s persistent disregard for his religious beliefs. The court found that the wife had been openly mocking the Hindu rituals and deities that were important to her husband. As a result, the court dismissed her appeal, allowing the husband’s petition for divorce to stand.
The Family Court had initially granted the husband’s divorce plea, prompting the wife to file an appeal with the High Court. According to case details, the woman, a Christian from Karanjiya in Dindori, Madhya Pradesh, married the man, a Hindu, on February 7, 2016, following Hindu traditions. However, tensions reportedly began a few months into the marriage when the wife started belittling Hindu rituals and deities.
After initially residing with her husband in Delhi, she later moved back to Bilaspur, where she took a teaching position at St. Xavier’s School. She also resumed attending church services, having reembraced her Christian faith. Troubled by these developments and her lack of respect for his religious beliefs, the husband filed for divorce at the Family Court in Bilaspur. The court granted his request in a decree dated April 5, which the wife subsequently challenged in the High Court.
During the hearing, Justice Rajni Dubey and Justice Sanjay Jaiswal reviewed the case. The wife admitted that for the past 10 years, she had neither performed any Hindu worship nor had any intention to do so, preferring church services instead. The husband, in turn, provided instances where the wife had repeatedly ridiculed his religious practices, leaving him distressed. The High Court upheld the findings of the trial court, stating that its conclusions aligned with provisions of the Hindu Marriage Act, rendering further intervention unnecessary.
