Supreme Court of India

Deep Mukerjee v. Sreyashi Banerjee

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Reported as [2024] 4 S.C.R. 72
Bench Vikram Nath and Prashant Kumar Mishra JJ.
Decided 5 April 2024

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What the Court ordered

Accordingly, we allow the present appeals in part maintaining the order passed by the Trial Court dated 27.06.2023 insofar as it directs the appellant/husband to take the medical test to determine his potentiality.

Judgment, page 4

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration Matter pertains to subjecting the husband to undergo potentiality test. Headnotes Matrimonial laws – Matrimonial disputes – Medical tests – Potentiality test for husband – Divorce petition by the wife on the ground that the marriage between the parties was not consummated because of the husband’s impotency – Application by husband for subjecting the husband to undergo potentiality test and referring the wife for fertility test and psychological/mental health test for both the parties – Allowed by the trial court, however set aside by the High Court – Correctness: Held:

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