India, March 20 -- The Supreme Court, while hearing a matrimonial case wherein the husband was seeking divorce, observed on Friday that a wife not adequately performing household chores cannot amount to cruelty.

"You're not marrying a maid, you're marrying a life partner," Justice Sandeep Mehta remarked, according to Live Law.

On the husband seeking divorce on grounds of cruelty, the court highlighted that times have changed and the husband must also contribute to household chores. "You have to contribute in this cooking, washing, etc. Today's times are different," Justice Vikram Nath said.

Both persons got married in 2017 and are parents to an eight-year-old boy. The divorce proceedings were initiated by the husband, a government scho...