Supreme Court of India

Jagdish Singh v. Madhuri Devi

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Reported as [2008] 6 S.C.R. 1176
Bench C.K. Thakker and D.K. Jain JJ.
Decided 28 April 2008

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What the Court ordered

For the foregoing reasons, the appeal is allowed, the judgment and decree passed by the High Court in First Appeal No. 1008 of 1999 is set aside and the matter is remanded to the said Court for fresh disposal in accordance with law.

Judgment, page 19

From the headnote

Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 - s.13 - Divorce - Husband filed divorce petition on grounds of desertion and cruelty - c Family Court decided both issues in favour of husband and passed decree of divorce - High Court reversed the decree - Challenge to - Held: High Court not right in setting aside findings of fact recorded by Family Court without recording reasons for such reversal - It did not keep in view the scope of powers of first appellate Court - Order passed by High Court 'cryptic' in nature and falling short of the grounds which would allow the first appellate court to reverse a finding of

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 2 relied on · 1 referred to

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