•Privacy Violation: The judge ruled that obtaining a spouse’s private information (such as call records) without consent is breach of privacy rights.
•Admissibility of Evidence: Evidence obtained by invading a spouse’s privacy is inadmissible in court.
•Case Background: A woman filed a petition against her husband who had secretly obtained her call records from a mobile operator in a divorce case.
•Judicial Ruling: The judge emphasized that spousal privacy is a fundamental right and cannot be violated through surveillance
•Husband’s Actions: The husband accessed the wife’s mobile and contacted the service provider to obtain her call records without her knowledge.
•Privacy Breach: The judge noted that the husband had secret control over her phone and violated her privacy by downloading the call history from the service provider’s website.
•Alternative Evidence: The judge clarified that marital misconduct can be proven by other means, such as interrogatories, and not illicit evidence.