Re: [AI] Surat man granted divorce as wife hid blindness in one eye

[Mujtaba Merchant]

Thanks for sharing this article. It’s certainly a complex and sensitive case. The court’s decision highlights how important transparency and trust are in any relationship, and it also shows how seriously the legal system treats issues related to concealment and threats. While it’s unfortunate that the situation escalated to this point for both individuals, it’s good to see that the court evaluated the circumstances carefully before arriving at a decision. Sincerely,   Mujtaba Merchant Bangalore | INDIA Sent from iPhone ®     On 13 Feb 2026, at 5:14 PM, BHAWANI SHANKAR VERMA <bsvermad...@gmail.com> wrote:  They have hidden the facts and it is cruelity. I found nothing wrong in this order. On 2/7/2026 12:52 PM, Kanchan Pamnani wrote: Times of India Subject: Surat man granted divorce as wife hid blindness in one eye   A family court in Surat granted divorce to a 23-yearold sari trader, ruling that he was subject to cruelty by his wife, who hid the fact that she had no vision in one eye and threatened him after he found out. After their wedding, the husband took his wife to an ophthalmologist after she fell. It was then that he learned she was effectively blind in one eye. When he sought to part ways, she threatened to implicate him in a false case and to even kill herself. The court accepted the husband’s suit on grounds of cruelty and granted a divorce decree under Section 13(1)(i-a) of the Hindu Marriage Act. The woman’s family initially refused to accept that she had no vision in one eye. They got her examined at an Ahmedabad eye hospital in April 2022. The doctor there told the woman’s family and her husband that her left eye number was 17 diopters and there was no chance of her regaining vision in it. The woman’s family finally admitted to the husband that they hid this fact, as she was not getting marriage proposals because of it. The petitioner then sought to end the marriage at which his wife threatened to frame him and refused the divorce. The court held the man was subjected to immense harassment by his wife’s hostile conduct. The court referred to various judgments of SC and high court before ruling in the man’s favour under the provision of the Hindu Marriage Act dealing with cruelty. -- Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity;   2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..     Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AccessIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to accessindia+unsubscr...@accessindia.org.in. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/a/accessindia.org.in/d/msgid/accessindia/02c801dc9802%248dd6e6a0%24a984b3e0%24%40gmail.com. -- Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity;   2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..     Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AccessIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to accessindia+unsubscr...@accessindia.org.in. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/a/accessindia.org.in/d/msgid/accessindia/da0ba9b2-4817-4656-a7f4-be3e5a70ebe3%40gmail.com. -- Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity;   2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..     Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AccessIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to accessindia+unsubscr...@accessindia.org.in. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/a/accessindia.org.in/d/msgid/accessindia/172E034E-FBA4-4B5F-AAD9-9CFE144FF86A%40gmail.com.