'Wife Can't Be Treated As Chattel': Orissa High Court Imposes ₹50K Costs On Husband For Filing Habeas Corpus Plea In Matrimonial Dispute

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25 Jun 2026 5:15 PM IST

  • Wife Cant Be Treated As Chattel: Orissa High Court Imposes ₹50K Costs On Husband For Filing Habeas Corpus Plea In Matrimonial Dispute

    The Orissa High Court has recently dismissed a writ petition in the nature habeas corpus filed by a husband and imposed an exemplary cost of rupees fifty thousand on him for litigating to secure custody of his wife, who had left matrimonial home out of her own volition due to marital disharmony.Terming the case to be a “classical example” of husband pressurizing wife of conjugal union...

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