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KERALA, INDIA, May 2012 (The Hindu): Sidelining of the sublime concept and rich values of family life by the young generation and creation of a self-centered world, coupled with the Western influence on native culture, have left the institution of family somewhat in a disarray, T.K. Rameshkumar, District Family Court Judge, has said.

Mr. Rameshkumar was inaugurating a seminar on the ‘Growing divorce cases in the State,’ organized by the Vigil India Movement’s State committee and the Legal Services Committee at Thiruvalla on Sunday. He said that there had been a manifold increase in the number of divorce petitions reaching the family courts in the State.

Presiding over the inaugural session, Prasad Thomas Kodiyattu, Principal of St. Mary’s Women’s College, Thiruvalla, said mental stress, alcoholism, extra-marital affairs, domestic violence, emotional incompatibility, adjustment problems, religious differences, and so on were found to have been the factors leading to divorce in many cases.

A total of 44,236 divorce petitions reached various courts during 2011-2012.