By: Express News ServiceBengaluru | October 22, 2025 03:27 PM IST 3 min readThe man was challenging a family court order in Bengaluru, which dismissed his divorce petition by stating that his wife had proven he and his mother were frustrated due to not receiving sufficient dowry or property from her. (File photo)The Karnataka High Court recently dismissed a man’s appeal seeking divorce on cruelty grounds, stating that the issues he raised were trivial matters that could have been resolved through discussion. The court also remarked that he seemed to be in need of “an obedient and sincere maid” rather than a wife”.“Marriage is not a child’s play. In the matrimonial life, both husband and wife have to compromise and adjust with each other, so as to lead a normal marital life,” noted a division bench of Justices Jayant Banerji and Umesh Adiga in its September 15 order recently made public.The man was challenging a family court order in Bengaluru, which dismissed his divorce petition by stating that his wife had proven he and his mother were frustrated due to not receiving sufficient dowry or property from her.The couple got married in 2015 and lived together for only ten days. After this, the woman left for her job in Singapore, while the man was employed in the United States. He failed to convince her to join him, after which he filed the divorce petition before the family court in 2016.In 2020, the family court ruled against him, stating that he had failed to prove any act of cruelty on her part.During the hearing of the appeal, the woman stated before the high court that due to the petitioner’s mother intervening, she had not been able to join her husband in the US despite intending to do so. She stated that he had not made any visa arrangements to allow her to go to the US.The court observed that the man ought to have made efforts to obtain a visa for her, but had admitted in cross-examination that he had not done so. The woman also stated that her husband’s mother had urged her not to resign from her job in Singapore but to seek a transfer to the US.Story continues below this adUpholding the family court order, the bench stated, “It is evident that the petitioner was in need of an obedient and sincere maid rather than a wife. He appears to be expecting too much from his life partner that she should do each and every act according to his whims and fancies.”“Even a plain reading of the petition reveals that the petitioner raised trivial issues, which could have been resolved through mutual discussion and understanding,” it added.Stay updated with the latest - Click here to follow us on Instagram© The Indian Express Pvt LtdTags:Karnataka High Court