Untidy and smelly Husband drives this Young Woman to Divorce, Court agrees

April 22, 2019:

23-year-old woman from Madhya Pradesh has filed for divorce, claiming that her husband shuns shaving & bathing for almost a week at a stretch.

The couple, who married last year, was directed by Bhopal family court to stay separately for six months, after which they will be granted divorce decree, a counsellor said.

"Bhopal family court judge RN Chand has directed the couple to stay separately for six months," court counselor Shail Awasthi told PTI Friday.

The woman & her 25-year-old husband filed a mutual consent plea for divorce, Awasthi said.

She said in her complaint that her husband doesn't shave his beard & bathe for 7-8 days at a stretch.

"Women nowadays are separating from their husband over petty issues. This woman, who hails from Barigarh near Bhopal, complained that her husband stinks & when she asks him to bathe, he wears perfume to beat the odour," Awasthi said.

The man is from Sindhi community & runs a shop & the woman is a Brahmin, Awasthi said, adding they don't have a child.

The woman's family members requested her not to walk out of the marital bond but she did not agree, the counselor said.

It was an arranged marriage & the man's family opted for the inter-community wedding as they did not find a suitable bride in their community, Awasthi said.

In 2016, a 36-six-year-old cleric from Meerut in Uttar Pradesh had claimed that his wife demanded that he should shave or else she would commit suicide.

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