Marriage Should Not Be Taken As Broken Down Just Because Spouses Live Separately; Courts Must Identify Who Broke Ties : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has recently cautioned High Courts and Trial Courts against dissolving marriages solely on the basis of couples living apart and labelling it an irretrievable breakdown. The Court emphasised that judges must undertake a thorough examination of the reasons behind the separation and determine the real cause of the spouses living separately. “we may hasten to add that Courts,...