Madras High Court links COVID-19 lockdowns to rising marital disputes

The Madras High Court observed that COVID-19 lockdowns severely affected marriages, leading to numerous marital disputes.
• Justice N Anand Venkatesh said over 95% of the recent cases he examined involved couples married between 2019 and 2022.
Many couples had lived together for just three to nine months, with lockdown stress exposing relationship problems.
The court ordered Tamil Nadu judges to collect data on pandemic-era marriages and explore ways to resolve disputes peacefully.

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