{
  "id": 12589813,
  "title": "Be a gharjamai: Is asking this cruelty by wife?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/be-a-gharjamai-is-asking-this-cruelty-by-wife",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-07T08:40:26.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Economic Times",
    "slug": "the-economic-times",
    "url": "https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/wealth/legal/will/be-a-gharjamai-is-wife-asking-her-husband-to-leave-his-ageing-parents-and-live-in-her-parents-house-as-a-househusband-cruelty-jharkhand-hc-judgment-answers/articleshow/134756394.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In a recent judgement by the Jharkhand High Court, the court addressed the question of whether a wife's demand for her husband to become a gharjamai (househusband) amounts to cruelty. The husband had sought a divorce on grounds of cruelty in a family court, but his appeal was dismissed. The wife argued that forcing him to leave his parents and live with her in Patna is mentally and physically torturous. However, the court disagreed, stating that the mere wish of the wife does not constitute cruelty. The court emphasized that cruelty must be extreme and negatively impact the ability of the spouses to live together without mental agony. The court also noted that the practice of gharjamai is an ancient custom in Indian society and the decision to live as a gharjamai rests with the groom. Therefore, the husband lost his appeal to the Jharkhand HC, and the family court's order was upheld.",
  "summary": null,
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}