Hello,
Request for your help and advice.
Also please advice what can be done in this situation. Thanks in advance
Whether husband is entitled to get divorce on ground of cruelty if wife has filed false Divorce petition?
In short, we both got married on Apr 2009 and have a baby girl. Due to unreasonable differences, we both are staying separately from each other since Feb 2012 in two different cities. Several panchayats held but all efforts in vein.
My wife filed a divorce petition on July 2014 in section 13(1) (ia) (ib) seeking disolution of marriage by making false allegations from her city (juristriction).
She wants one time alimony which im not ready to pay as she is equally qualified and earning handsome salary from a reputed MNC. Im ready and paying volunterily maintaince for daughter.
I have contested the case and attending case proceedings since July 2014 ready to give her divorce. But intentionally they are draging the case. Current state is still petitioner evidence. Everytime they pray for new date to produce some documenation. This is cauing mental agony & cruelty and not able to concentrate on work and life
Question: Can I file a separate divorce petition from my city (juristriction) on the basis of mental cruelty on the following grounds
• Cruel behavior of wife where wife tearing the shirt of the husband, refusing to cook food properly or on time and breaking of the mangalsutra in the presence of husband’s relatives.
• Threatening to leave husband’s home and threat to commit suicide by the wife.
• Conduct and misbehavior of the wife against husband i.e. pressuring husband to leave his home, insisting for the separate residence, mentally torture and disrespectful behavior towards husband and in-laws as well.
• Abusing and accusing husband by way of insulting in presence of in-laws and in some cases wife abusing husband in front of office staff members.
• Lowering reputation of the husband by using derogatory words in presence of family members and elders.
• Desertion by wife which means wife deliberately intending for separation and to bring cohabitation permanently to an end.