In a landmark ruling, the Madurai Bench of Madras High Court on Thursday suggested that prospective couples should get pre-marital clinical examinations to avoid impotency and sexually transmitted diseases (STD) spoiling matrimonial lives.
Justice N Kirubakaran, calling it an avoidable human tragedy, said: “If pre-marital clinical examinations by doctors are done, it will prevent not only impotents getting married, but (also) prevent marriages of people suffering from dangerous and incurable diseases. Governments should give first preference to tackling this kind of human problems.”
Underscoring the high rate of impotency-related marriage failures, the judge asked whether state and central governments were aware of the social scourge and whether they were ready to amend marriage laws so as to fast-track disposal of matrimonial disputes.
Why not the government prescribes punishment for people who suppress impotency or frigidity at the time of marriage and cheat their would-be spouses, Justice Kirubakaran asked.
