Recording calls to his wife without her knowledge to make her look cruel is a violation of her right to privacy and cannot be encouraged under any circumstances. The Punjab-Haryana High Court had made this important observation while setting aside the decision of the Family Court to accept the recording as evidence. The woman who filed the petition in the High Court told that there was a dispute going on between her and her husband, due to which her husband had filed a divorce case in the family court of Bathinda in the year 2017 where he filed a dispute between him and his wife. The recording of the conversation was presented as evidence.
The recording produced by the husband was also accepted by the family court, though it was not as per the rules. Although it was argued on behalf of the husband that he had to prove that his wife was cruel and because of this he had to do so, in such a situation his recording should be valid as evidence. Expressing surprise in this matter, the High Court said that no one can violate the right to privacy of any person. Then why shouldn’t he be her husband? Recording a phone conversation with your partner without their permission is a violation of the right to privacy. Therefore, the husband who did so was reprimanded by the court.
The High Court said that the conversation of this Parkar, when the other is not aware of it, cannot be accepted as evidence. The High Court has refused to accept this recording accepted by the Bathinda Family Court as evidence. Apart from this, the High Court has ordered to take a decision on the divorce petition in the next six months.