A seemingly innocent ‘OK’ during a marital dispute set off a bizarre chain of events that spanned a decade, leading to a suspended station master, a massive railway loss, and a prolonged divorce battle. It all began with a fight between the station master from Visakhapatnam and his wife from Durg, reported TOI.
The couple, married on October 12, 2011, quickly found their relationship on rocky ground. The wife, struggling with her past relationship, had ongoing communication with her ex-lover, even while married, according to the TOI report. This caused significant tension in the marriage, and despite efforts by the husband's family to mediate, the problems persisted.
The situation reached a breaking point when, one night, while the station master was on duty, the couple had another heated argument over the phone. In a moment of frustration, he ended the call with "We’ll talk at home, OK?" Unbeknownst to him, his microphone was still live, noted TOI.
The colleague on the other end of the radio transmission misinterpreted the ‘OK’ as a signal to dispatch a freight train through a restricted area in Maoist-affected territory. Though no accident occurred, the train’s unauthorised route violated night-time restrictions, resulting in a Rs 3 crore loss to the railways. The station master was suspended as a result of the incident.
According to TOI, the suspension added to the station master's personal and marital troubles, eventually leading him to file for divorce. His wife, meanwhile, filed a case under IPC Section 498A for cruelty and harassment against him, his father, elder brother, and other family members.
The legal battle grew even more complicated when the wife, fearing for her safety, moved the case to the Supreme Court, which transferred it to the family court in Durg. The family court rejected the divorce petition, but the station master appealed to the Chhattisgarh High Court.
In a recent ruling, the High Court, led by Justices Rajani Dubey and Sanjay Kumar Jaiswal, ruled in favour of the station master, granting him a divorce. The court found the wife's actions, including her ongoing contact with her former lover, filing false accusations of infidelity, and making baseless dowry and cruelty claims, amounted to mental cruelty, TOI reported.
The court also pointed out that the wife’s role in the phone argument that led to the ‘OK’ incident, and her subsequent actions, had caused significant emotional distress to the husband, thus warranting the dissolution of the marriage.
The ruling ended a 12-year-long legal battle, triggered by one seemingly trivial word – ‘OK’.
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The situation reached a breaking point when, one night, while the station master was on duty, the couple had another heated argument over the phone. In a moment of frustration, he ended the call with "We’ll talk at home, OK?" Unbeknownst to him, his microphone was still live, noted TOI.
The colleague on the other end of the radio transmission misinterpreted the ‘OK’ as a signal to dispatch a freight train through a restricted area in Maoist-affected territory. Though no accident occurred, the train’s unauthorised route violated night-time restrictions, resulting in a Rs 3 crore loss to the railways. The station master was suspended as a result of the incident.
According to TOI, the suspension added to the station master's personal and marital troubles, eventually leading him to file for divorce. His wife, meanwhile, filed a case under IPC Section 498A for cruelty and harassment against him, his father, elder brother, and other family members.
The legal battle grew even more complicated when the wife, fearing for her safety, moved the case to the Supreme Court, which transferred it to the family court in Durg. The family court rejected the divorce petition, but the station master appealed to the Chhattisgarh High Court.
In a recent ruling, the High Court, led by Justices Rajani Dubey and Sanjay Kumar Jaiswal, ruled in favour of the station master, granting him a divorce. The court found the wife's actions, including her ongoing contact with her former lover, filing false accusations of infidelity, and making baseless dowry and cruelty claims, amounted to mental cruelty, TOI reported.
The court also pointed out that the wife’s role in the phone argument that led to the ‘OK’ incident, and her subsequent actions, had caused significant emotional distress to the husband, thus warranting the dissolution of the marriage.
The ruling ended a 12-year-long legal battle, triggered by one seemingly trivial word – ‘OK’.
