Overview
- The bench of Justices Rajesh Bindal and Manmohan found an irretrievable breakdown and granted divorce after the couple cohabited for only 65 days.
- More than 40 civil and criminal cases were filed across courts in Delhi, Allahabad, Ghaziabad and Lucknow, whose statuses the Supreme Court verified before ruling.
- Most pending matrimonial proceedings were directed to be disposed of, with perjury applications to be decided on merits to protect the integrity of the justice system.
- Each party was ordered to pay Rs 10,000 as a token cost to the Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Association for misusing judicial process.
- The court urged pre-litigation and post-filing mediation and cautioned that criminal complaints and arrests can foreclose reconciliation, noting rising use of manufactured evidence.