Man flies from China 30 times for divorce
The woman later revealed that she married owing to parental pressure
Chennai: A 35-year old supervisor working in a leather firm in China has been finally granted divorce by a family court in Chennai.
The I additional family court granted divorce to him and dissolved his marriage with a lecturer (a city based lecturer) after a four year long legal ordeal, which saw him travel from the China to Chennai at least 30 times, spending more than Rs 40,000 for each trip to attend court proceedings. In the process, he further obtained two Madras high court orders to expedite the case which was pending before I Additional Family court for more than four years.
In the petition, the 35-year-old Mahendran (name changed) submitted that his wedding with Rama, 32, (name changed), a lecturer in an engineering college, was solemnised at the Vadapalani temple on August 30, 2009. Even though he lived with her for only for two months, he said he led a peaceful life for only a few days.
Petitioner’s counsel R.Y. George William submitted that the woman was not keen on marriage. Due to parental pressure, she married Mahendran. Soon after the wedding, she reportedly began abusing him and in a fit of anger threw her ‘thaali’ out twice. Unable to bear the torture and mental agony, he filed a divorce petition before, I Additional Family Court in 2010.
Though Mahendran turned up for the court proceedings, Rama did not appear in spite of several notices. On his petitions, the Madras high court had directed the family court to expedite the matter and to dispose of the case after giving fair opportunity to both sides.
Rama submitted her reply. The I additional principal judge, V. Charuhasini, said the petitioner sought dissolution of marriage on grounds of cruelty. Rama had not taken any effort to live with the petitioner and had not spoken to him during his appearance in court while coming from China.
In turn, she created problems during his presence in court. “When the wife treated the husband with mental cruelty by living separately is sufficient to grant divorce on the ground of cruelty and cruelty falls within the purview of a matrimonial wrong. Cruelty need not be physical,” she said.