Wife’s inability to conceive not enough for divorce on cruelty grounds, Madras HC says: ‘Marriage cannot be reduced to procreation’
For many couples, the pressure to have a child can become a difficult part of married life. But can a woman’s inability to conceive be treated as a failure of the marriage?The Madras High Court has made its position clear: being childless by itself cannot amount to cruelty, and a wife cannot be blamed simply…