YAMANAJI H. JADHAV vs NIRMALA — C.A. No. 4969/1998

Case Summary: Yamanaji H. Jadhav v. Nirmala (CA 4969/1998) The Supreme Court allowed the appeal and remanded the case to trial court, holding that the lower courts erred by not requiring proper pleading and proof of customary divorce law allegedly permitting the 1982 divorce deed. Under Hindu Law, divorce by custom is an exception to general law and must be specially pleaded and established; the Court found no such evidence in the record and rejected the parties' oral agreement about customary divorce as insufficient. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.