The Madhya Pradesh High Court praised a woman for “routing” as “a wife as a wife, and did not leave her wedding symbols even after her husband was released for almost two decades.
A bench of Justice Vivek Rusia and Justice Binod Kumar Dwivedi dismissed the divorce petition by the woman’s husband on the basis of cruelty, and saw that according to the Hindu concept, “Marriage is a sacred, eternal and inseparable association”.
It states that an “ideal Indian wife”, even when her husband is deserted, continues to “strength, dignity and virtue”.
The court said that its conduct lies in “religion, cultural values and purity of marital bond”.
What is the case? Couple added since 2006
In this case, the couple was married in November 1998 in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, and a son was born in 2002.
The woman lives in a joint family with her in -laws, while her husband acts as a constable in a special armed force and lives in Bhopal.
The husband first appealed to a family court, demanding divorce on the basis of cruelty, stating that his wife did not show any interest in the marital relationship, and he made false accusations and accused him of drinking alcohol.
This couple has been living separately since 2006.
However, the wife has denied these allegations and said that her husband is demanding divorce on false grounds.
She said that she has been living with her in -laws since marriage and she has always been ready to fulfill her marital obligations.
She also alleged that her husband had an additional relationship with a female colleague.
Based on this, the family court dismissed the husband’s petition for divorce.
The High Court upheld the decision in its order on August 5, 2025.
What did the court say about ‘self-esteem and dignity’
A bench of the High Court said that the woman was maintaining her “self-esteem and dignity”.
The bench said, “Despite the pain of abandonment, she lies in her religion as a wife. She does not allow bitterness or despair to destroy her responsibility towards marriage and family, she has become part of it,” the bench said.
“Despite her husband’s absence, she was committed to her in -laws. She is serving them with care and affection, as her husband was present, which strengthened her moral stature,” said this.
The court also stated that the woman “reflected a woman’s Hindu ideal as a power – not weak, but not used her sufferings to gain humble and powerful” sympathy in her endurance and grace.
“Even when she moves alone, she does not do, her marriage as a symbol of Mangalsutra, Sindoor or her marriage is not a contract with her, but an indelible rite.”
The court called the case “unique” as the woman continued to live with her in -laws, portraying her as a “loyalty” as a “special Indian woman, who makes all her efforts to save her family life”.
In many similar cases, the wife decides to be alone or live with her parents, the court saw.
Rejecting the suspicion of the woman about her husband, there is a relationship as a basis for cruelty to her, the court said that since the husband has not been with her for almost 19 years, she is “constrained” to think so in the “sheer disappointment”.
