The Delhi Excessive Court docket on Tuesday dismissed a plea by Nationwide Convention chief Omar Abdullah in search of divorce from his estranged spouse Payal Abdullah, reported PTI.
The previous Jammu and Kashmir chief minister had sought divorce from Payal Abdullah on the grounds of cruelty and desertion.
A division bench of Justices Sanjeev Sachdeva and Vikas Mahajan rejected the petition that challenged a household court docket order handed on August 30, 2016. The trial court docket had mentioned that Omar Abdullah couldn’t show his claims of cruelty or desertion towards Payal Abdullah.
The Excessive Court docket additionally mentioned that it agreed with the trial court docket statement that Omar Abdullah’s claims of cruelty, whether or not bodily or psychological, by his estranged spouse had been imprecise.
Omar Abdullah and Payal Abdullah married on September 1, 1994. They’ve been dwelling individually since 2009. The politician contended in his plea that his marriage had damaged down irretrievably and he had not had a marital relationship since 2007, reported Stay Legislation.
Omar Abdullah mentioned that the Excessive Court docket’s determination to dismiss his plea was disappointing.
“The final two days have been deeply disappointing each personally and professionally however I refuse to surrender and slink away,” he tweeted. “It’s that point of the 12 months after I take a while to be with these I care about, to refresh, recharge and are available again stronger.”
He was additionally referring to the Supreme Court docket verdict on Monday that had upheld the Centre’s determination to abrogate Article 370 in 2019.
Who was it who mentioned it’s not how exhausting you’ll be able to hit, it’s how exhausting you may get hit & nonetheless maintain transferring ahead? The final two days have been deeply disappointing each personally & professionally however I refuse to surrender & slink away. It’s that point of the 12 months after I take a while…
— Omar Abdullah (@OmarAbdullah) December 12, 2023