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A view of the Supreme Court in New Delhi.

The Supreme Court observed this while hearing a matter in which a woman, who lodged a criminal case against her husband alleging cruelty, said that she does not want to live with him.

A wife is not a “chattel” or an “object” and she cannot be forced to reside with her husband even if the man desires to live with her, the Supreme Court has said.

The apex court observed this while hearing a matter in which a woman, who lodged a criminal case against her husband alleging cruelty, said that she does not want to live with him while the man maintained that he wants to reside with her.

“She is not a chattel. You (man) cannot force her. She does not want to live with you. How can you say that you will live with her,” a bench comprising justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta asked the man, who was present in the courtroom.

The bench asked the man to “reconsider” his decision and desire to reside with his wife in view of the categorical statement by the woman’s counsel that she does not want to live with him.

“You better re-consider it,” the bench told the man.

“How can he (man) be so unreasonable? He is treating her as a chattel. She is not an object,” the bench told the lawyer appearing for the man and posted the matter for hearing on August 8.

The man’s counsel told the court that he would try to persuade him in this regard.

Meanwhile, the lawyer representing the woman told the bench that she wants to get a divorce on the ground of cruelty.

“We are ready to withdraw the 498A (subjecting a married woman to cruelty) IPC case. We do not want any alimony also. She do not want to live with him,” her counsel said.

The court had earlier referred the matter for mediation observing that both of them were educated and they would be inclined to settle their matrimonial dispute rather than going for litigation which may prolong their agony.

It had told both the man and the woman to fully cooperate with the mediation proceedings keeping their interest in mind and the fact that it might not be advisable for them to litigate for an indefinite period.

However, the apex court was later told that the issue was not resolved in mediation.

https://www.hindustantimes.com...jhs0Q84EAYGbmHI.html

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Prince posted:

Bharrat Mata courts are ruling some landmark cases in favor of women in recent months. Men should take note that the table is turning. 

It's not that the tables are turning. What is happening is that the women are now exposed to social media and are realizing that they can no longer be treated as an object. Women will rule the world one day.

FM
skeldon_man posted:
Prince posted:

Bharrat Mata courts are ruling some landmark cases in favor of women in recent months. Men should take note that the table is turning. 

It's not that the tables are turning. What is happening is that the women are now exposed to social media and are realizing that they can no longer be treated as an object. Women will rule the world one day.

I would like that very much since I believe the world needs a woman's rotation.

A woman once told me that men are dogs and I took it as a compliment. Why? I would love to be her poodle to lick her all over and let she dulaar me.   

FM

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