My friend is going through a tough time with her husband. He won’t agree to a separation even though he’s making her life miserable. He’s constantly putting her down and threatens to make things difficult for her. They haven’t had kids, and all her jewelry, worth around 15 lakhs, is still at his place. We need to help her get her jewelry back and finally get a divorce.

In India, a wife can file for divorce on grounds of cruelty and seek restitution of conjugal rights. Since your friend’s jewelry is at her husband’s place, she can file a separate case to retrieve it, stating it’s her property. A court can issue an order for return of the jewelry, and the divorce case can proceed based on the grounds of cruelty and irretrievable breakdown of marriage.