Supreme Court of India

Anu Bhandari v. Pradip Bhandari

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Reported as [2018] 3 S.C.R. 576
Bench Kurian Joseph and Mohan M. Shantanagoudar JJ.
Decided 5 March 2018

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What the Court ordered

Before parting with the Judgment, we may hasten to observe that what has been closed is not simply twenty three case s; in the background of both the parties, they would have easily gone for many more litigations in the coming years.

Judgment, page 7

From the headnote

Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 – s.13B – Divorce by mutua l consent – Appellant and respondent married in 1997, living separately since March 2011, were involved in various civil as well as criminal litigations – Application filed by parties u/s.13B also – Held: After several efforts for settlement, finally the parties have reached a settlement based on which they have sought divorce by mutual consent – Having regard to the background of the litigation and long separation between the parties, the parties hav e taken a conscious decision uninfluenced by any extraneous factor, th erefore it is not

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