Jharkhand High Court upholds divorce over ‘dead wood’ marriage, orders man to pay Rs 35,000 towards maintenance

Dead Wood Marriage Divorce Case: The Jharkhand High Court has upheld a divorce order of a family court granting divorce to a man observing that the marital relationship had become a “dead wood marriage” due to prolonged separation and his subsequent remarriage.

A bench of Justices Sujit Narayan Prasad and Arun Kumar Rai dismissed the wife’s appeal against the divorce decree in favor of the husband granted by the family court in April 2023 and directed the man, working in a para-military force to pay monthly alimony of Rs 35000, to secure the future of the 15-year-old daughter born out of the wedlock.

“Now the marital relation between the parties has become “dead wood marriage” and marital relation has become lifeless and without emotional or practical value,” said the court on January 8.

Vineet Upadhyay is an Assistant Editor with The Indian Express Read More