Just ground, by the Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act No. 9 of 1949 an additional provision was added after the proviso which may be extracted thus: If a husband has contracted marriage with another wife or keeps a mistress it shall be considered to be just ground for his wife's refusal to live with him. The object of introducing this provision was clearly to widen the scope and ambit of the term 'just ground' mentioned in the proviso. This provision is not exhaustive but purely illustrative and self-explanatory and takes within its fold not only the two instances mentioned therein but other circumstances also of a like or similar nature which may be regarded by the Magistrate as a just ground by the wife for refusing to live with her husband. Under the Code of 1973, this provision has been incorporated as Explanation to the second proviso to sub-s. (3) of s. 125, Sirajmohmedkhan Janmohamadkhan v. Hafizu-nnisa Yasinkhan, AIR 1981 SC 1972: (1981) 4 SCC 250. If a husband has contracted marriage with another woman or keeps a mistrers, it shall be considered to be just ground for his wifes refusal to live with him [Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, s. 125(3)].
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