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Sources checked on 9 September 2026. This is a curated selection, not a complete statement of all applicable law or a live judgment feed. Case summaries are for general information; a legal reviewer has not yet signed off this redesign.
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The Supreme Court considered cruelty and prolonged separation and sustained dissolution, also invoking Article 142 in the circumstances.
What to keep in mind: The result turns on the evidence and circumstances. Article 142 is a Supreme Court power, not an automatic family-court route.
Read official judgment (PDF) ↗After a failed mutual-consent process and prolonged separation, the Supreme Court dissolved the marriage under Article 142, subject to permanent alimony and directions closing related proceedings.
What to keep in mind: A first motion does not itself complete a divorce. The financial award in this case is not a formula for other couples.
Read official judgment (PDF) ↗For newer decisions or a case-specific search, use the official Supreme Court judgment search. Check subsequent orders, appeals and the applicable court before relying on a summary.
Divorce, mutual consent and related matrimonial relief for marriages governed by this Act.
Read official legislation ↗Civil marriage and matrimonial relief under the Special Marriage Act.
Read official legislation ↗Matrimonial relief concerning Christian marriages, subject to statutory applicability.
Read official legislation ↗Judicial dissolution sought by women married under Muslim law; not an exhaustive account of Muslim personal law.
Read official legislation ↗Marriage and divorce provisions for Parsis.
Read official legislation ↗Protection and other statutory relief for eligible women experiencing domestic violence.
Read official legislation ↗Includes maintenance of wives, children and parents in Chapter X; check transitional rules for older proceedings.
Read official legislation ↗Guardianship provisions relevant to child-related proceedings.
Read official legislation ↗Establishment, jurisdiction and procedure of family courts.
Read official legislation ↗The applicable law depends on how the marriage was solemnised, jurisdiction and the relief sought. These sources do not cover every personal-law rule, state amendment, procedural rule or later order.
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