AHMEDABAD: A 41-year-old man has approached Gujarat excessive courtroom in search of a divorce from his spouse on grounds of cruelty, alleging she introduced stray canines into their dwelling and organized a prank name about an imagined extra-marital affair, inflicting him public humiliation.Based on the person's enchantment, the couple married in 2006 and his troubles started when his spouse launched a stray canine into their flat in a society that prohibited canines as pets. She then introduced in further strays, made him cook dinner, clear and take care of them. He stated one canine bit him when it insisted on sleeping of their mattress.The husband stated the presence of the canines turned neighbours towards them, resulting in a police grievance in 2008. He alleged that after his spouse joined an animal rights group, she repeatedly filed police complaints towards others, summoned him to stations to help her, and, on his refusal, abused and humiliated him.He claimed the stress destroyed his well-being and led to erectile dysfunction. He additionally alleged that on April 1, 2007, his spouse organized for a radio jockey to make a prank name about his supposed affair, which embarrassed him at work and in society. The person stated he fled to Bengaluru however his spouse continued to harass him.He filed a divorce go well with in 2017 in an Ahmedabad household courtroom, however she defended it by arguing that he had abandoned her and launched her to animal activism. She produced pictures of him embracing and kissing the canines.In Feb 2024, the household courtroom dismissed his petition, stating, “Contemplating the proof, the petitioner has didn't show that the respondent handled him with cruelty or has abandoned him.” Concerning the prank name, it held, “This can't be the grounds for in search of divorce…”The husband appealed, asserting the wedding was irretrievably damaged and providing to pay Rs 15 lakh in alimony, whereas his spouse insisted on Rs 2 crore. A HC bench posted additional listening to for December 1.
