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Wife Selling Her Property Without Husband’s Consent Cannot Be Termed As Cruelty | Calcutta High Court ▪️The property had been purchased with husband's money in wife's single name ▪️The judges noted that both spouses were educated, & the wife’s decision to sell property in her name without seeking her husband’s approval did not constitute cruelty ▪️The court emphasized that a wife has the right to make decisions about her property without needing her husband’s permission ▪️The Calcutta HC called this an effort to reject male dominance, thereby eliminating gender inequality from society ▪️Parties have been living separately for more than a decade ▪️In 2014, the Trial Court granted divorce to husband on grounds of cruelty ▪️In Sept 2023, Calcutta High Court overturns Trial Court order & dismisses divorce 🔹️Voice For Men India | Anyone reading this will immediately question what is the point of rejecting divorce when marriage is completely dead. Sadly, this is how the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, has been designed where unless one spouse is able to prove charges against the other, Trial & High Courts cannot grant divorce ▪️A classic example from the case above is that respective Judges interpret "cruelty" based on their individual ideology & opinion ▪️On another note, if a husband would have sold off his property or any other asset during matrimonial discord, it is deemed as "Economic Abuse of Wife under Domestic Violence Act, 2005" ▪️The disposal of household effects, any alienation of assets, whether movable or immovable, valuables, or other property in which the aggrieved woman has an interest is also included under the meaning of economic abuse #VoiceForMen