Indian man divorces his wife because he can only cook instant noodles

An Indian man divorced his wife because he only knew how to cook instant noodles for him every day. According to The New Indian Express, ML Raghunath, the chief judge of the district court, recounted the incident on May 27 during a press conference at the court in Mysuru, a city in the southwestern region of India. Degree.

Raghunath called the trial “the Maggi case,” but did not provide the date or the name of the couple involved.

The man in the divorce court said his wife only buys packets of Maggi noodles, a brand of instant noodles in India, and cooks instant noodles for him for breakfast, lunch and dinner throughout his life. their marriage.

The judge said, in the end, the couple divorced with mutual consent.

A 2018 study by the International Journal of Management, Technology and Social Sciences found that India recorded a divorce rate of 11%. The same study found that the US recorded a divorce rate of 50%.

While the divorce rate in India is low, Raghunath said more couples have divorced in the past few years, and divorces occur more frequently in urban areas than in rural villages, as women in urban areas are better educated, have higher financial independence.

Reference: Insiders