Thirty year old, petitioner Narendra Singh, a software professional, has filed the divorce plea in a family court on the ground that his wife was so obsessed with social media that she spared no time for him and the family.
He was so frustrated with his wife’s addiction to the social media that this man in Delhi he has moved to court in seek of divorce.
The marriage is hardly a year old, Narendra claimed that his wife, since the “first day of marriage“, showed interest in the “virtual world” rather than him, and their marriage has not consummated till date.
In the petition, the husband alleged that he was disturbed with his wife’s late-night chats on WhatsApp with her male friends and whenever he tried to stop her, she would get furious and threaten him with serious consequences.
The court has accepted the divorce petition, Manish Bhadauria, the counsel appearing for the man conveyed media.
Nevertheless, the counsel for the wife has denied all allegations levelled against her. The court has referred the couple for a counselling session in July.
Bhadauria said, “Being well-educated, the husband gave the wife ample time to adjust into the new atmosphere of the matrimonial home, but spending time on social media and ignoring household responsibilities as a wife had become her habit.”
Further he blamed the women that is the wife, would often stop her husband from spending money on his other family members.
Witnessing such similar cases, marriage counselors in family courts are quite surprised with the trend. Pooja Mehta, a Delhibased counsellor said “Earlier the reason of matrimonial disputes was dowry, family arguments and property-related matters. There was hardly any mention of social media as the reason for conflict or divorce.”
She added, “When couples spend more time on social media, communication gap becomes quite natural. Social media also make couples have unrealistic expectations from each other and when the spouse fails to meet them, they think of it as a compatibility issue.”
Considering the trend as drawback, Justice Hima Kohli of Delhi High Court had also noted that social media was emerging as a threat to the institution of marriage.
Kohli while speaking in one of the social seminar said, “In today’s age of social media, there is least or no secrecy in terms of sharing of personal data. In these circumstances, the wonderful institution of marriage is almost turning into a threat.”
A young couple was declared by the Supreme Court on the condition that they would not take to social media to malign each other. The court noted that both husband and wife abused each other Internet by means of vulgar messages and obscene photographs.
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