The Odisha High Court has delivered a landmark judgment stating that a wife is not her husband's property and cannot be forced to live with him against her will. Hearing a habeas corpus petition filed by a husband to bring back his wife, the court observed that the woman had left of her own accord due to matrimonial disputes. The court emphasized that an adult woman has the full right to make her own life decisions. For misusing the law and wasting judicial time, the court dismissed the petition and imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on the husband. https://odishasambad.in/wife-not-husbands-property-rules-orissa-hc-while-dismissing-habeas-petition/ #creator program