Supreme Court of India

Devinder Singh Narula v. Meenakshi Nangia

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Reported as [2012] 7 S.C.R. 372
Bench Altamas Kabir and J. Chelameswar JJ.
Decided 22 August 2012

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that in appropriate cases invocation of such power would not be unjustified and may even prove to be necessary.

Judgment, page 7

From the headnote

CONSTITUTION OF /NOIA, 1950: c Art. 142 read with Art. 136 - Exercise of jurisdiction to dissolve the marriage before the cooling off period, on a petition for divorce by mutual consent u/s 13-8 of Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 - Held: It is no doubt true that the Legislature had in its wisdom stipulated a cooling off period of six months from the date of filing of a petition for mutual divorce till such divorce is actually granted, with the intention that it would save the institution of marriage and the intention of the Legislature cannot be faulted with, but there may be occasions when in order

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 relied on · 1 mentioned

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