A woman in India has been given a hefty fine for defaming her husband's manhood after she cited her husband's sexual impotence as grounds for divorce.The judge in central Madhya Pradesh state ordered Vandana Gurjar to pay 200,000 rupees (£2,747) to her estranged husband Hemant Chhalotre.
Mr Chhalotre had complained the impotence accusation "rendered him unmarriageable and sullied his prestige". Well, it certainly defames his "manhood". Quite literally.
The amount of the fine far exceeds the annual income of millions living in India.
Miss Gurjar married Mr Chhalotre nine years ago but left him after just three months, and later sought a divorce, which was granted by the courts, on the grounds that she "could not have conjugal bliss with Mr Chhalotre as he was impotent".
Mr Chhalotre then sued his wife for defaming his manhood.
Was Gurjar reasonable to cite her husband's impotence as grounds for divorce? It would certainly impair their chances of having children if it continued. Or was Mr Chhalatore within his rights to sue his wife for tarnishing his reputation and making it more difficult for him to meet someone else?
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Wednesday 28 July
By Terry Barge
Yet another lopsided view of life from a woman's perspective - you couldn't make this stuff up could you?
Maybe he was having difficulty because she was such a self-serving piece of work - sounds like it!
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