Supreme Court · 2018 INSC 203 · Decided 5 March 2018
Anu Bhandari v. Pradip Bhandari
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2018 INSC 203 · [2018] 3 S.C.R. 576
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2494/2018
- Decided
- 5 March 2018
- Bench
- KURIAN JOSEPH, MOHAN M. SHANTANAGOUDAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Hindu Marriage Act Section 13B; Family Courts Act Section 9
Headnote
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 - s.13B - Divorce by mutual 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 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 have taken a conscious decision uninfluenced by any extraneous factor, therefore it is not
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