A Gujarat-based couple’s 23-year-old marriage ended in a divorce over a long-standing dispute that started in kitchen and was centred around the wife’s dietary choice of non-consumption of onion and garlic.

The Gujarat High Court has upheld the divorce verdict of an Ahmedabad family court, capping the long-simmering conflict between the couple over consumption of two of the most common ingredients, onion and garlic.

A division Bench of Justices Sangeeta Vishen and Nisha Thakore dismissed the woman’s appeal challenging the dissolution of the marriage after she no longer opposed it, as per a HC order dated November 27.

The “trigger point” between the couple was the wife not consuming onion and garlic. The wife submitted in her appeal that the issue revolved around her following a particul

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