Man in India goes viral for divorcing wife due to endless noodles
Updated | By Darren, Keri and Sky
Noodles can end your marriage in India...
A judge in India has seen a couple get divorced because the wife made her husband instant noodles every day.
ML Raghunath, the Principal district and sessions court judge, confirmed that the incident took place on 27 May at a press conference in Malavadi, Vijayanagar in Mysuru. It's a city in the southwestern region of India.
The judge did not disclose the names of the couple, but did say that he was there to witness the proceedings. Ranghunath was a district judge in Ballari when he attended the "Maggi case".
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The judge did disclose that the man had reported that his wife would buy packets of Maggi noodles and serve them to him for breakfast, lunch, and dinner throughout their marriage.
Eventually, the couple divorced by mutual consent. Under India's Special Marriage Act of 1954, to divorce by mutual consent requires both parties to live separately for one year and agree to dissolve the marriage.
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According to a study made by the International Journal of Management, Technology, and Social Sciences, India had recorded a divorce rate of 11% from 2018. In the same study, United States of America recorded a 50% divorce rate.
Even though India's divorce rate is low, Raghunath has said that more married couples have been trying to call it quits in the past few years in India.
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