The Kerala High Court has ruled that when appellant-husband offers to resume the marital relationship, but the respondent-wife resists without any cause, failing to resume cohabitation, it will amount to constructive desertion. The Bench placed reliance on Savitri Pandey vs Prem Chand Pandey, wherein the Court ruled that might also be constructive desertion. Observing this,
Refusal to Cohabit Without Reasonable Cause Amounts to “Constructive Desertion” For Dissolution of Marriage
