A woman cannot be forced to cohabit with her husband even by way of a court\’s decree.

In an important ruling, the Gujarat High Court has observed that in a suit filed by the husband for restitution of conjugal rights, a woman cannot be forced to cohabit with her husband even by way of a court\’s decree. This assertion came from the Bench of Justice J. B. Pardiwala and Justice Niral Mehta while overturning a family court\’s order under which a Muslim woman was directed to go back to her matrimonial home and perform her marital obligation with her husband. (For reading the entire Judgment please Click here- JINNAT FATMA VAJIRBHAI AMI W/O NISHAT ALIMADBHAI POLRA v. NISHAT ALIMADBHAI POLRA