Maggi Overdose: Man Files For Divorce As His Wife Only Serves Maggi For All Meals

Bellari: Too much of anything is not good. Imagine someone who only eats Maggi all day long and whose meal only consists of these instant noodles. The person would supposedly become furious and would get sick of it. 

This happened to be the case with a married couple and the issue amplified so much so that the couple ended up parting ways with each other.

In a bizarre incident, a man divorced his wife because she allegedly only served Maggi to him for all meals.

Principal district and sessions court judge ML Raghunath, while speaking about matrimonial cases where couples file for divorce over petty issues, said that this case came up when he was the district judge in Ballari.

He said, "The husband said his wife did not know how to prepare any food other than Maggi noodles. It was noodles for breakfast, lunch and dinner. He complained that his wife went to the provision store and brought only instant noodles." 

Raghunath had named it the "Maggi case". He said the couple eventually got divorced on mutual consent.

Meanwhile, the judge confessed that settling matrimonial disputes is a tough task and most reunions happen because couples consider the future of their children.

"We use sentiments to bring a compromise among couples and reunite them. It is more of a psychological issue than physical one. In most cases, though couples reunite, the scars of their dispute remain. Out of 800-900 matrimonial cases, we succeed in about 20-30 cases. In the previous Lok Adalat, of around 110 divorce cases, reunion happened in just 32 cases," he said.

"Divorce cases are increasing drastically over the years. Couples have to stay together for at least a year before seeking a divorce. If there was no such law, there would be divorce petitions filed directly from wedding halls," he added.

He went on to disclose that the courts have received divorce cases for many silly reasons which range from not talking with the partner, putting salt on the wrong side of the plate, stitching the wrong colour wedding suit, and not taking the wife out, etc.

"We get divorce petitions more from urban areas than rural parts. In rural areas, village panchayats intervene and settle the problems. Women have no independence and their fear of society and family sentiments forces them to cope with the situation. But in cities, women are educated and financially independent," the judge said.

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