Supreme Court of India
Smt. Sureshta Devi v. Om Prakash
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What the Court ordered
In the result, we allow the appeal and set aside the decree for dissolution of the marriage.
Judgment, page 8
From the headnote
c Hindu Marriage Act, 1955: Section 13- and 23(J)(bb)-Divorce by mutual consent-Filing of a petition under section 13- ( 1) does not 'r- - by itself snap marital ties-Parties are required to file a joint motion under Section 13- (2)-Joint Motion before the Court for hearing of the peti- tion should be 'of both the parties'-Mutual consent should continue till .r passing of decree- spouse can unilaterally withdraw his consent .... _ before passing of the divorce decree-Requirements of Section 13- explained-Expression 'living separately' and 'have not been able to live together'-Scope and
Where later benches applied it
- 2026 Dhananjay Rathi v. Ruchika Rathi
- 2023 Shilpa Sailesh v. Varun Sreenivasan
- 2015 Vennangot Anuradha Samir v. Vennangot Mohandas Samir
- 2011 Hitesh Bhatnagar v. Deepa Bhatnagar
Of those, 3 referred to · 1 mentioned
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