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DELHI: The interference of parents in the married life of their
daughters has become a major cause for playing havoc with the lives
of young couples post marriage, the Delhi high court has said.
Expressing
concern over rift between couples due to parents' persistent
interference in their daughter's married life, Justice Kailash
Gambhir upheld a lower court's decree of divorce to a man on the
ground of his in-laws' frequent interference in his marital life.
Justice
Gambhir said parents should draw a line to let their daughters lead
happy married lives.
"All
parents guide, teach and discipline their daughters and are concerned
about their welfare after marriage but it is imperative for parents
to draw a line as the prime concern should be that their daughter is
happily settled in a new atmosphere at the husband's place," he
said.
But,
it should not mean day-to-day monitoring of the affairs taking place
at the matrimonial home of the daughter, he said.
Parents
should not become uninvited judges of problems of their daughter,
become an obstacle in the daughter's married life, plant thoughts in
her mind and gain control over her and promote disharmony in her
family life, the judge said.
"They
are expected to advise, support and believe in their upbringing
maintaining a discreet silence about the affairs of the matrimonial
relationship," the court said.
"The
present case is an unfortunate example where the parents of the
appellant, instead of putting out the fire have fuelled and fanned
it," the
court said, dismissing an appeal filed by the wife challenging the
lower court's order granting the man decree of divorce.
According
to the husband, the difference with his wife started a few months
after their marriage in 1990 due to frequent interference of his
in-laws.
He
alleged that he was even hit publicly by his father-in law two years
after his marriage.
Seeking
decree of divorce, he had approached the court, which allowed his
plea on the grounds of cruelty by his wife due to continuous
interference by his in-laws.
So,
Unwanted
intrusion into their children's married life create a lot of
problems leading to divorce.
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