An Odisha -born man, who got married in May 2003, tolerated mental and emotional misconduct from his wife for 15 years before the High Court divorced. His wife allegedly harassed him and often threatened suicide, which took a serious toll on his mental health. Things became so bad that he resigned from his job in Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), citing his misuse in his resignation email. The irony is that during this time, the man supported his wife to pursue MSc from New York Institute of Technology in America
According to reports, while this man got married in 2003, after that, he soon started trouble in his marriage. Reason: He alleged that his wife wanted him to enroll him the only nomination of his license policy, and also wanted his home ownership in Bhubaneswar, where his elderly parents lived. And his trauma was not limited to the house. When the person was posted in Bangkok, he had to seek help from the royal Thai police after showing his wife at his workplace and threatening suicide. She alleged that she also chases her at Kolkata Airport and threatened her and her family- forced the police of the airport to intervene.
In another incident, when the man was working in Dallas, his wife allegedly hit her with a music system speaker during a debate and put her into an emergency ward. Meanwhile, back home in Odisha, he allegedly sent goons to evict his elderly parents from his apartment.
Despite all this, when the man filed for divorce in 2009, the wife claimed that she still wanted to live with her and had filed for the restoration of conjugation rights. Nevertheless, he filed 45 police complaints (FIRs) against him.
Finally, both Cuttack family Court And this Odisha High Court Renting in his favor, he said that there is a amount of his works mental toughness Under the Hindu Marriage Act. The High Court emphasized that no one should be forced to stay in toxic marriage and the husband was entitled to peace and emotional relief.
On the match of 19, 2025, the Odisha High Court divorced him, but he also ordered him to pay 63 lakhs AlimonyIt was noted that his repeated threats were a form of emotional blackmail and psychological abuse.
Here is a timeline of this case
In this case, the man and the woman got married on 11 May 2003 in Cuttack, Odisha, after which they lived in their matrimonial house in Haripur, Odisha. During his married life, they lived together in Bhubaneswar, Bengaluru, the United States, Japan and other places.
However, the issues crop started soon after getting married. The husband alleged that his wife pressured him to cut relations with his parents, and also demanded control over his finance, causing quarrels between them.
Given his frequent arguments, his elders advised him to go to his Bhubaneswar’s house. However, the violent behavior of the woman continued. So much so that once the husband was attacked so badly that he received injuries to his nose and face- his neighbors shared.
– On November 26, 2006, while he was working in Dallas, his wife allegedly hit her with a speaker from her music system, leaving her with a skull injury. Hospital records of Parkland Health and Hospital System confirmed that he was admitted to the emergency ward for treatment after the attack.
– In December 2008, wife, her parents and some goons allegedly arrived at her in-laws’ village house and threatened them. The woman caught her mother -in -law from her neck and tried to choke her. When his father -in -law tried to save his wife, he clashed with the woman and her companions.
– A year later, on November 11, 2009, the wife returned to her in -laws’ house with her sister. And a few days later, he put his in -laws out of the house, which forced him to spend the night on the streets. The police intervened when the elderly couple filed a police report against him.
– During this time, the woman filed more than 45 first first against her husband. Shortly thereafter, the person filed for divorce in Cuttack Family Court in 2009.
Cuttack Family Court divorced, but with alimony
After years of Gong through their marital problems, the Cuttack Family Court finally divorced the person on August 7, 2023. But the family court asked the person to pay 63 lakhs as permanent alimony, while the wife’s petition for restoring his conjugation rights also dismissed.
Meanwhile, the person resigned from his job in TCS, citing harassment by his wife. His resignation email was dated on 30 August 2024.
Describing its resignation letter, the court said, “The defendant-husband has presented a copy of his resignation email from 30 August 2024, in which he has clearly cited repeated obstacles in his wife’s day-to-day work.
Odisha High Court accepted mental cruelty, Man asked to pay 63 lakhs living bhog
However, the wife still wanted to continue marriage and filed an appeal in the Odisha High Court. He said that he has been denied his marital rights. But hearing his case, the Odisha High Court admitted that the woman’s frequent danger was a form of emotional blackmail for the man and so it agreed to the family’s court’s decision.
The High Court said in its final judgment, “The appellant’s (wife’s) works, collectively seen, fulfilling the threshold of mental cruelty, defined under Section 13 (1) (IA) of the Hindu Marriage Act. Therefore, the court said that it is not any weakness for the court. Pain, and the defendant (husband) is entitled to peace and emotional relief that can be found only in this broken bonding.”
HC said, “Permanent alimony of INR 63,00,000 provided by Judge, Family Court, Cuttack is not to be intervened. The amount tries to create a balance between providing the appellant with appropriate financial security and ensures that the defendant is not unknowingly cumbersome, which is not cumbersome, to maintain principles of impartiality.”
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