Wearing customary 'sindoor' (vermilion) is a Hindu woman's responsibility as it symbolizes her marital status, a family court in Madhya Pradesh recently said..Judge NP Singh made the observation while directing a woman to immediately return to her husband's residence, NDTV reported..The Court was hearing a plea filed by a man seeking restoration of his rights as a husband under the Hindu Marriage Act. The couple married in 2017 and they have a five-year-old son.His wife, who had initiated divorce proceedings, had been living separately from him for the past five years..During the hearing, the woman accused her husband of subjecting her to physical and mental harassment for dowry. However, the Court noted that the woman had not provided any police complaints or reports supporting her allegations..The Court stated that the woman was not abandoned by her husband; rather she chose to leave him. "She has voluntarily separated from her husband. She is not wearing the sindoor," the Court noted while directing her to return to her matrimonial house.
Wearing customary 'sindoor' (vermilion) is a Hindu woman's responsibility as it symbolizes her marital status, a family court in Madhya Pradesh recently said..Judge NP Singh made the observation while directing a woman to immediately return to her husband's residence, NDTV reported..The Court was hearing a plea filed by a man seeking restoration of his rights as a husband under the Hindu Marriage Act. The couple married in 2017 and they have a five-year-old son.His wife, who had initiated divorce proceedings, had been living separately from him for the past five years..During the hearing, the woman accused her husband of subjecting her to physical and mental harassment for dowry. However, the Court noted that the woman had not provided any police complaints or reports supporting her allegations..The Court stated that the woman was not abandoned by her husband; rather she chose to leave him. "She has voluntarily separated from her husband. She is not wearing the sindoor," the Court noted while directing her to return to her matrimonial house.