Supreme Court of India

Soni Kumari v. Deepak Kumar

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Reported as [2015] 10 S.C.R. 305
Bench M.Y. Eqbaland C. Nagappan J.
Decided 16 September 2015

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What the Court ordered

For the aforesaid reason, we allow the appeal and waive the cooling off period of six months and grant a decree of mutual divorce to the parties and direct that the marriage G between the parties shall stand dissolved by mutual consent.

Judgment, page 11

From the headnote

Constitution of India, 1950: Article 142 - Invocation of power under-For waiving the cooling off period of 6 months c for filing second motion uls. 13- of the Hindu Marriage Act - Held: In the instant case, Family Court had made necessary efforts for reconciliation between the parties but efforts failed -Appellant-wife taking plea that respondent-husband has to leave India for job purpose and it was not possible for him to return back in a year or two and, therefore, she would suffer mental agony and would also not be able to remarry- It is a fit case where in order to do complete justice to

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