Supreme Court · 2012 INSC 348 · Decided 22 August 2012
Devinder Singh Narula v. Meenakshi Nangia
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2012 INSC 348 · [2012] 7 S.C.R. 372
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 5946/2012
- Decided
- 22 August 2012
- Bench
- ALTAMAS KABIR, JASTI CHELAMESWAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 142; Hindu Marriage Act Section 12
Headnote
CONSTITUTION OF /NOIA, 1950: c Art. 142 read with Art. 136 - Exercise of jurisdiction to dissolve the marriage before the cooling off period, on a petition for divorce by mutual consent u/s 13-8 of Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 - Held: It is no doubt true that the Legislature had in its wisdom from the date of filing of a petition for mutual D divorce till such divorce is actually granted, with the intention that it would save the institution of marriage and the intention of the Legislature cannot be faulted with, but there may be occasions when in order to do complete justice to
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