Overview
- An appeal bench of Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice Gautam Ankhad issued the decree, with the order made public on Wednesday.
- The ruling overturns a 2019 family court decision that had rejected the husband's divorce petition.
- The court recorded over a decade of non-cohabitation since 2012 and concluded the marriage had irretrievably broken down.
- The husband must pay Rs 25 lakh and transfer ownership of two flats to his wife as full and final settlement under the decree.
- The judges noted a police report indicating the husband had given false information about not remarrying but still found that continuing the marriage would perpetuate cruelty.