{
  "id": 7283203,
  "title": "Wife left for brother’s birthday in 1992, didn’t return: Gujarat High Court grants divorce",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/wife-left-for-brothers-birthday-in-1992-didnt-return-gujarat-high",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-14T09:00:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Indian Express",
    "slug": "the-indian-express",
    "url": "https://indianexpress.com/article/legal-news/wife-brother-birthday-1992-didnt-return-gujarat-high-court-divorce-10877374/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In 1992, a 65-year-old woman left her husband's home to attend her brother's birthday and never returned, leading to her husband filing for divorce in Gujarat. The Gujarat High Court recently granted the couple a divorce, ruling that the wife had deserted her husband without a reasonable cause. The court also increased the wife's permanent alimony from Rs 12,000 to Rs 20,000 per month, citing her dependence on the husband for her livelihood. The couple, who married in 1989 and have two sons, had been living separately since 1992 after the family court rejected the husband's divorce plea in 2015. The husband and wife had tried several times to reconcile their differences, but the wife remained uninterested in returning to their home. The court acknowledged the husband's willingness to increase her permanent alimony and mandated that he deposit Rs 20,000 every month into the wife's bank account. The husband also agreed that the wife would remain the sole nominee for his retirement benefits.",
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  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}