NEW DELHI: Observing that a woman's decision to undergo an abortion without her husband's consent amounts to cruelty, a court here has granted divorce to a man who alleged his "figure conscious" wife did not inform him before terminating her pregnancies.

The court admitted Kishan Chand's divorce plea noting that his wife Kanta Devi had treated him with cruelty by not sharing her abortion plans with him, allegedly abusing him and her in-laws and filing harassment complaints against them.

"The behaviour of the respondent (wife) coupled with other facts like getting abortions, taking away money and jewellery of the petitioner's parents and lodging of criminal complaints amounts to cruelty," Additional District Judge Atul Kumar Garg said, in a recent order.

Passing a decree of divorce in favour of the petitioner, the court observed that the marriage between them had irretrievably broken down and it was very difficult to restore the conjugal tie in view of the behaviour of his wife.

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