Supreme Court · 2006 INSC 864 · Decided 20 November 2006
Sanghamitra Ghosh v. Kajal Kumar Ghosh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2006 INSC 864 · [2006] SUPP. 9 S.C.R. 156
- Case number
- TRANSFER PETITION (CIVIL) No. 228/2004
- Decided
- 20 November 2006
- Bench
- G.P. MATHUR, DALVEER BHANDARI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 3, 4; CPC Section 25; Constitution Article 142; Hindu Marriage Act Section 9
Headnote
Hindu law: Hindu Marriage Act, 1955; Section 9: Wife tortured by her husband and in-laws-She was driven out of her matrimonial home along with her minor child-Criminal "Complaint-Filing of a petition by her husband in a District Court for restitution of conjugal rights-Filing of Transfer setting out terms of compromise-Held: Marriage has been wrecked beyond the hope of salvage­ Under the circumstances, it is appropriate to declare defunct dejure the marriage as it is defunct in defecto-All the pending cases between the parties disposed of and a quietus is put to litigation
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