Called ‘black-complexioned’ and ‘fatty-shaped’: Why man’s divorce plea failed

BILASPUR: Calling a husband “black complexioned” or “fatty shaped” may be hurtful, but such remarks alone cannot constitute sufficient grounds for divorce, the Chhattisgarh high court has held while dismissing a man's appeal seeking to end his marriage.The court said the husband had failed to substantiate his allegations of cruelty and desertion against his wife with sufficient evidence.A division bench of Justice Parth Prateem Sahu and Justice Sachin Singh Rajput was hearing the man's appeal against a family court order that had rejected his plea for divorce and directed him to return his wife's stridhan.The couple had married on March 7, 2019.