Overview
- Hearing a Karnataka case, Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta orally observed that allegations like not cooking do not by themselves meet the legal threshold of cruelty.
- Justice Sandeep Mehta told the petitioner, “You are not marrying a maid, you are marrying a life partner.”
- Justice Vikram Nath said husbands must share tasks such as cooking, cleaning, and washing, noting that social expectations have changed.
- The matter was posted for further hearing, with reports noting the date as April 27, and both parties were directed to be present.
- The family court had granted the husband a divorce on cruelty grounds, which the Karnataka High Court set aside; the couple married in 2017, have an eight‑year‑old son, and have traded competing allegations.