Youngsters consider WIFE as a "worry invited forever": court
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Kochi: The Kerala High Court last week tried to talk some sense into youngsters on the sanctity of marriage.
The court slammed youngsters treating marriage as an "evil" in order to "enjoy free life."
It said the consumer culture of 'use and throw' may have influenced matrimonial relationships as well.
Rejecting a divorce plea by a man, the Division Bench of Justices A Muhammed Mustaque and Sophy Thomas observed that youngsters would expand WIFE as 'Worry Invited For Ever'—rather than a 'Wise Investment For Ever'.
The court also said that rising living-in relationships are worrying the "the conscience of the society".
The man approached the High Court after a family court rejected his petition for divorce. His wife disputed his charges that she had assaulted him.
"Nowadays, the younger generation think(s) that marriage is an evil that could be avoided to enjoy free life without any liabilities or obligations. They would expand the word 'WIFE' as 'Worry Invited For Ever' substituting the old concept of 'Wise Investment For Ever'," the order says.
The court pointed out that 'the wails and screams coming out from disturbed and destroyed families" could shake the "conscience of the society as a whole".
As warring couples, deserted children and desperate divorcees make up most of the population, the court said, it would adversely affect the tranquility of the social life.
Though once famous for its family bondage, the trend today in Kerala seems to be breaking nuptial ties on flimsy or selfish reasons or for extra-marital relationships, according to the court.