divorce

petition

JMFC

IT professional

Supriya Dangare

wife

Awoman has filed fromfrom her husband on grounds of cruelty, claiming that he regularly abused her both physically and mentally, in abefore the civil judge (senior division). She has also filed case of domestic violence against her husband and in-laws before the Judicial Magistrate First Class ().The couple got married in 2008 and the woman claimed that her husband, an, was violent right from the start, and would even abuse her if the chappatis she made for him were not of a certain size.In her petition before the JMFC, filed through advocate, the complainant claimed her husband would take umbrage at petty issues, grow increasingly violent and beat her. On one occasion, he allegedly threw his dumbbells at the computer she used. Later that night, he beat her so badly that she lost consciousness. But, even that didn’t deter her husband — after he dragged her under a tap and the moment she came back to her senses, started abusing her again.Things grew worse in 2010 after the husband came up with a new diktat. The petition mentioned that thewas told to prepare a soft copy of a list of daily chores in an Excel sheet, and also take it down in a notebook. The status of each task (completed/in process/pending) had to be prepared with a specific color code. If the task was not completed within the deadline, there was a separate column where the reason had to be given. The wife had to share these details orally with him every day and show him the list every week. She was also supposed to read the list aloud at a specific time. If she failed to read it at the exact time, the abuse would start again.Apart from this, breakfast had to be prepared based on a specific menu, prior approval to connect with the husband had to be sought through an email and only at a designated time could the wife speak to him.The woman said, “My life became a misery. Even for basic chores I was forced to follow a protocol. While preparing chapattis, I had to ensure that the diameter was exactly 20 cm — my husband would measure it every day. When it came to getting the wheat ground, ever detail regarding the quantity of the grain, its rate, where it was purchased from and the last date of grinding had to be mentioned. He abused me in every way possible and forced me into unnatural sex against my will.”“Once he got so angry that he got a knife from the kitchen and started chasing our daughter, threatening to kill her. He would often threaten to commit suicide if I did not do as he said. Another time, he poured water on me and made me sleep in an air-conditioned room while I was drenched. He even held our daughter over the balcony railings and threatened to throw her down,” the woman claimed.When Mirror tried to reach out to the husband, he merely said that he did not want to comment on the matter.█ Once he got so angry that he got a knife from the kitchen and started chasing our daughter, threatening to kill her. He would often threaten to commit suicide if I did not do as he said