Singapore Law Watch
The man was criticised by Magistrate Soh Kian Peng for using AI in the documents he submitted to the court after it was found he had cited a fictitious case to the judge.
A man who took his wife to court and claimed she caused him to be destitute by denying him food and money had his application for a personal protection order (PPO) dismissed.
The man was also criticised by Magistrate Soh Kian Peng for using generative artificial intelligence in the documents he submitted to the court after it was found he had cited a fictitious case to the judge.
According to a judgment dated June 30, the husband filed applications for a PPO and a domestic exclusion order, among other things, against his wife. The pair were also undergoing divorce proceedings at the time.
A domestic exclusion order restricts the perpetrator from entering the applicant’s house or parts of the house to ensure the latter’s safety.
The names and ages of the couple, who have a son, were not stated in court documents.
The husband claimed his wife had subjected him to emotional and psychological abuse, and that she had controlled him for over a decade, reducing him to a pathetic and destitute state.
He also claimed it was only after his 2024 application to the Ministry of Social and Family Development for assistance was granted that he was able to get back on his feet and “throw off the shackles of living under his wife’s yoke”.
The husband claimed he was severely malnourished as his wife had deprived him of access to food. As a result, he claimed his bones became brittle and his teeth had rotted so much that he had to make trips back to India to fix them as he could not afford dental care in Singapore.
Claims were hard to believe
