Supreme Court of India

Prakashchandra Joshi v. Kuntal Prakashchandra Joshi @ Kuntal Visanji Shah

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Reported as [2024] 1 S.C.R. 697
Bench B.R. Gavai and Prashant Kumar Mishra JJ.
Decided 24 January 2024

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What the Court ordered

For the foregoing reasons, the appeal is allowed and we dissolve the marriage between the parties on the ground of irretrievable breakdown in exercise of powers under Article 142(1) of the Constitution of India.

Judgment, page 7

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration Whether a decree for divorce can be granted for the reason that the marriage has irretrievably broken down. Headnotes Marriage – Irretrievable break down – Appellant contended that the appellant and the respondent were living apart due to matrimonial discord for the last 13 years and as there are no prospects for reconciliation, the marriage has irretrievably broken down: Held: The appellant lost his job in Canada and the family came back to India in January, 2011 – The couple last resided together in appellant’s mother’s house till 19.02.2011 – After this date, they

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