<p>   u00a0</p>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   &quot;Also, not knowing how to cook, not being religious, not parting with salary and not folding clothes properly,&quot; could not be treated as grounds for divorce, ruled Justice PB Majmudar and Justice Anoop Mohta.u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   The bench was, yesterday, hearing an appeal filed by a 30-year-old person against a family court order which dismissed his divorce plea.u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   The husband, Ramesh Shenoy, contended that he was subjected to cruelty by his wife, Preeti, as she had refused sex during honeymoon unless he wore a condom.u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   He also cited other grounds of cruelty for divorce which both family court and the High Court did not approve.u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   The judges held that refusing to conceive a child on the ground of financial instability did not amount to cruelty.u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   &quot;She must not have shown willingness to become a mother unless there was financial stability. Perhaps she wanted to give the child a better life,&quot; Justice Majmudar remarked.u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   His brother judge, Justice Mohta, further said, &quot;It is a mutual decision and a husband cannot insist.&quot; The bench was also of the view that &quot;not folding clothes properly or not being religious and knowing how to cook&quot; could not be grounds for divorce as these did not amount to cruelty.u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   The appellant&#39;s lawyer said Shenoy needed a working graduate as his wife who would live in a joint family and do household work.u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   Justice Majmudar remarked, &quot;A wife is not a slave. She is considered as Ardhangini (man&#39;s better half). Her right of freedom of speech cannot be taken away.&quot;u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   The judge opined that if he construed the grounds cited by the appellant as cruelty then no marriage will be safe.</div>  

The Bombay High Court has held that refusal by a wife to conceive a child because of family's financial instability could not be used as a ground for divorce by her husband.

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