Bizman gets divorce from wife who bit him, called his mother a prostitute
By Sharmeen Hakim IndorewalaSharmeen Hakim Indorewala, Mumbai Mirror | Jan 2, 2014, 07.15 AM IST
A city family court recently granted divorce to a businessman after his wife of 23 years was found guilty of biting his hand, threatening him with suicide, and calling her mother-in-law a prostitute.
The couple had married at a plush venue on Marine Drive in 1991. Serious problems arose between them two years after their shift to Tardeo from their joint-family home on Altamount Road in 1998.
The 36-year-old businessman, who has been staying away from his family for the past 10 years, said his wife had been abusive and violent towards him. On one occasion, in 2002, a quarrel arose between them when he returned late from office. His incensed wife bit his hand and proceeded to lock herself up in the bedroom with a knife, threatening to kill herself. When the situation threatened to spin out of control, police intervention had to be sought, and the couple were taken to hospital for medical examination.
The businessman had even produced an audio-recording of a fight between his wife and his parents showing her calling her mother-inlaw names such as "prostitute" in their native tongue. Voice verification of the tapes which were sent to the CBI office in Delhi confirmed the wife had actually spoken the words.
"If the wife threatens to kill herself and makes sarcastic remarks against her in-laws, then her husband is entitled to divorce," judge Laxman B Magdum at the Bandra family court, observed.
"How can someone tolerate a woman who addresses her husband's mother in that language? It was this verification that took a very long time and prolonged the case for 10 years." Advocate S H Shyamani, representing the husband, told Mirror.
The wife argued that it she who had been tortured and abused by her husband, and had been called a "witch" by him. "These instances of cruelty are normal 'wear-and-tear' in amarriage," her lawyer told the court.
The judge disagreed: "In the present case, the instances of cruelty given by the respondent are not normal wear and tear, but of serious, grave and weighty nature," the judge observed, while dismissing the wife's argument.
A city family court recently granted divorce to a businessman after his wife of 23 years was found guilty of biting his hand, threatening him with suicide, and calling her mother-in-law a prostitute.
The couple had married at a plush venue on Marine Drive in 1991. Serious problems arose between them two years after their shift to Tardeo from their joint-family home on Altamount Road in 1998.
The 36-year-old businessman, who has been staying away from his family for the past 10 years, said his wife had been abusive and violent towards him. On one occasion, in 2002, a quarrel arose between them when he returned late from office. His incensed wife bit his hand and proceeded to lock herself up in the bedroom with a knife, threatening to kill herself. When the situation threatened to spin out of control, police intervention had to be sought, and the couple were taken to hospital for medical examination.
The businessman had even produced an audio-recording of a fight between his wife and his parents showing her calling her mother-inlaw names such as "prostitute" in their native tongue. Voice verification of the tapes which were sent to the CBI office in Delhi confirmed the wife had actually spoken the words.
"If the wife threatens to kill herself and makes sarcastic remarks against her in-laws, then her husband is entitled to divorce," judge Laxman B Magdum at the Bandra family court, observed.
"How can someone tolerate a woman who addresses her husband's mother in that language? It was this verification that took a very long time and prolonged the case for 10 years." Advocate S H Shyamani, representing the husband, told Mirror.
The wife argued that it she who had been tortured and abused by her husband, and had been called a "witch" by him. "These instances of cruelty are normal 'wear-and-tear' in amarriage," her lawyer told the court.
The judge disagreed: "In the present case, the instances of cruelty given by the respondent are not normal wear and tear, but of serious, grave and weighty nature," the judge observed, while dismissing the wife's argument.
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The judge also took into account the couple's daughters' behaviour towards their father. "The wife had sent her two daughters to the office of the petitioner in January, 2004, and they picked up quarrels with the petitioner and his father. They abused them, scattered office papers and cut their telephone wire in presence of the office staff members," the judge observed.
The court, while granting divorce, asked the businessman to pay his wife amonthly maintenance of Rs. 25,000 and his daughters Rs. 15,000
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