A shocking case has come to light from Gujarat. The 23-year-old marriage of a couple here broke due to different food preferences in the kitchen. The wife had a habit of not eating onion and garlic and there was tension between the husband and wife for a long time regarding this.
Hearing the case, the Gujarat High Court has upheld the divorce decision of a family court in Ahmedabad.
A division bench of Justice Sangeeta Vishen and Justice Nisha Thakor dismissed the woman’s appeal challenging the dissolution of marriage. The ‘fight’ between the couple was caused by the wife not eating onion and garlic. The wife said in her appeal that the matter is related to her following a particular sect (Swaminarayan sect). Followers of this sect do not eat onion and garlic.
As per the court order, the Ahmedabad couple got married in 2002. The husband’s mother used to cook food separately for the wife without onion and garlic, while food with onion and garlic was prepared for other family members. “Pursuit of religion and consumption of onion-garlic were the main reasons of difference between the two parties,” the judgment said.
Wife’s main concern is ‘alimony’
However, during the hearing, a petition was filed in the High Court against the divorce order of the family court, but the wife did not raise any objection to the divorce. “The wife is not opposing the divorce, but the main concern is regarding the maintenance awarded by the judge,” the order said. A division bench of Justice Vishen and Justice Thakor upheld the divorce order of the family court.
Earlier, the husband had filed an application in the Mahila Police Station, Ahmedabad, alleging “torture and harassment” by the appellant (wife). Due to differences with her husband, the wife left her in-laws house with her child in 2007. According to the order, in 2013 the husband filed for divorce in the Ahmedabad Family Court on the grounds that he had been subjected to cruelty and the wife had abandoned him.
Divorce approved in May 2024
The Family Court approved the divorce in May 2024. During the hearing in the High Court, the woman said that despite the instructions of the Family Court, she has not been given maintenance allowance for 18 months. The wife’s counsel told the court that the total outstanding maintenance was Rs 13,02,000, out of which she has received Rs 2,72,000 as interim maintenance. The husband had already deposited Rs 4,27,000 during the trial. The High Court directed that the amount be transferred to the wife after verification and directed the husband to deposit the remaining amount in the Family Court, which would transfer the amount to the woman’s bank account. (input language)