{"id":13951,"date":"2023-10-13T22:46:26","date_gmt":"2023-10-13T22:46:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/man-89-refused-divorce-by-indias-top-court-after-27-year-case\/"},"modified":"2023-10-13T22:46:26","modified_gmt":"2023-10-13T22:46:26","slug":"man-89-refused-divorce-by-indias-top-court-after-27-year-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/man-89-refused-divorce-by-indias-top-court-after-27-year-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Man, 89, refused divorce by India\u2019s top court after 27-year case"},"content":{"rendered":"

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India\u2019s top court has denied an octogenarian man the right to divorce his wife of six decades, 27 years after he first applied to dissolve their marriage.<\/p>\n

Divorce remains taboo across much of India, with only one in every 100 marriages ending in dissolution, often owing to family and social pressure to sustain unhappy marriages.<\/p>\n

Those seeking divorce must get approval from the courts, which typically only grant it if proof of cruelty, violence or undue financial demands is presented.<\/p>\n

Nirmal Singh Panesar, 89, married in 1963 but said in filings with India\u2019s notoriously glacial criminal justice system that his relationship had broken down irretrievably in 1984.<\/p>\n

That year his wife Paramjit Kaur Panesar, now 82, had refused to move with him to the southern city of Chennai when the Indian Air Force posted him there.<\/p>\n

Nirmal first filed for divorce in 1996 on the grounds of cruelty and desertion, granted by a district court in 2000 but overturned later that year after an appeal by Paramjit.<\/p>\n

His case took another two decades to make its way before the Supreme Court, which denied the divorce petition despite agreeing their marriage was \u201cbeyond salvation\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe institution of marriage is still considered to be a pious, spiritual, and invaluable emotional life-net between the husband and the wife in Indian society,\u201d said the court\u2019s judgement, which was published<\/a> on Thursday.<\/p>\n

The judgement said that granting the dissolution would be an \u201cinjustice\u201d to Paramjit, who had told the court she did not want to die with the \u201cstigma\u201d of being a divorcee.<\/p>\n

She also said she had made all efforts to respect their \u201csacred relationship\u201d and was still ready to look after her husband in his old age.
\nThe couple have three children together.<\/p>\n

Chronic backlogs in India\u2019s criminal justice system mean some cases take decades to reach a resolution.<\/p>\n

Around 43.2 million cases were pending before courts across the country, the government said last year.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

India\u2019s top court has denied an octogenarian man the right to divorce his wife of six decades, 27 years after he first applied to dissolve their marriage. Divorce remains taboo across much of India, with only one in every 100 marriages ending in dissolution, often owing to family and social pressure to sustain unhappy marriages. 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