Supreme Court of India

Dr. Nirmal Singh Panesar v. Mrs. Paramjit Kaur Panesar @ Ajinder Kaur Panesar

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Reported as [2023] 13 S.C.R. 832
Bench Aniruddha Bose and Bela M. Trivedi JJ.
Decided 10 October 2023

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What the Court ordered

In view of the aforesaid discussion, we decide this reference by answering the questions framed in the following manner: (i) The scope and ambit of power and jurisdiction of this Court under Article 142(1) of the Constitution of India.

Judgment, page 12

From the headnote

Issue for consideration: Should the irretrievable breakdown of marriage necessarily result in the dissolution of mar riage in exercise of powers under Article 142 of the Constitution of India, wh en such is not a ground for divorce under the Hindu Marriage Act 1955. Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 – s.13(1)(ia) and s.13(1)(ib) – District Court granted the decree of divorce, as prayed for by the appellant- husband, however, the Single Bench of the High Cour t reversed the same and the Division Bench of the High Court confi rmed the judgment – Propriety: Held: Appellant-husband had failed to prove that

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