Supreme Court · 2024 INSC 55 · Decided 24 January 2024
Prakashchandra Joshi v. Kuntal Prakashchandra Joshi @ Kuntal Visanji Shah
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2024 INSC 55 · [2024] 1 S.C.R. 697
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 934/2024
- Decided
- 24 January 2024
- Bench
- BHUSHAN RAMKRISHNA GAVAI, PRASHANT KUMAR MISHRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 142(1); Hindu Marriage Act Section 9
Headnote
Whether a decree for divorce can be granted for the reason that the marriage has irretrievably broken down. Marriage - Irretrievable break down - Appellant contended that the appellant and the respondent were living apart due 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
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