The Bombay High Court has ruled that a wife's refusal to have sex with her husband without a condom does not constitute grounds for divorce.

Pradeep Bapat told the court his wife Prerna refused to have children because they were not financially stable.

The judges said Mr Bapat's other grounds for divorce, a lack of cooking and cleaning skills on his wife's part, were also not grounds for divorce.

They said arranged couples should get to know each other before marrying.

The couple married in February 2007 and by June his wife had left their home.