NEW DELHI: On Tuesday, the Delhi High Court dismissed the appeal that former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Omar Abdullah had filed against a family court ruling that barred him from getting a divorce from his wife Payal Abdullah. On August 30, 2016, the Patiala House Court in Delhi dismissed his divorce petition due to cruelty. In 2013, he submitted the plea. They separated in 2009 after getting married in September 1994. The two sons of the couple. The family court order was maintained by the division bench, which was made up of justices Sanjeev Sachdeva and Vikas Mahajan. The appeal contesting the order was denied. The division bench stated that it did not find any flaws in the family court order that denied him a divorce while rejecting the appeal.The high court further stated that Omar Abdullah’s accusations of Payal’s cruelty are imprecise. The bench also pointed out that the appellant had not provided evidence of any physical or psychological abuse committed by Payal Abdullah. The appeal was dismissed by the high court because it lacked substance. Because he was unable to provide evidence supporting his allegations of cruelty or desertion, the family court denied his petition.
