Delhi HC refuses to grant divorce to ex-J&K CM Omar Abdullah from estranged wife Payal

New-Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday refused to grant divorce to ex-J&K Omar Abdullah from his estranged wife Payal Abdullah.

A Division Bench headed by Justices Sanjeev Sachdeva and Vikas Mahajan dismissed an appeal by Omar Abdullah against the order of the family court that had refused to grant him divorce from his wife.

“We find no infirmity with the view taken by the family court that the allegations of cruelty were vague and unacceptable and the appellant failed to prove any act which can be termed cruelty either physical or mental. Consequently we find no merit in the appeal. The same is accordingly dismissed,” the Division Bench said.

In 2016, the family court rejected the divorce plea of Abdullah that he failed to prove irretrievable breakdown of the marriage.

Both, Omar and Payal Abdullah got married in September 1994 but have been living separately since 2009.

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