2025 INSC 1464
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NON-REPORTABLE
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CIVIL APPEAL NO………………………OF 2025
(ARISING OUT OF SLP(CIVIL) NO. 25584 OF 2024)
BHAGYASHREE BISI ...APPELLANT(S)
VERSUS ANIMESH PADHEE ...RESPONDENT(S)
J U D G M E N T
VIKRAM NATH, J.
1. Leave granted.
2. The present appeal arises out of the impugned order dated
8th August 2024 passed by the High Court of Orissa at
Cuttack in MATA No.279 of 2023, whereby the High Court
affirmed the decree of divorce granted by the Family Court.
3. The facts giving rise to the present appeal, in brief, are as
follows:
3.1. The appellant-wife and the respondent-husband were
married on 14th December 2014 at Sambalpur, Odisha.
3.2. At the time of marriage, the appellant-wife was employed
with Infosys and was residing in the United States of
America. In February 2017, she returned to India and
thereafter commenced cohabitation with the respondent-
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husband in Bangalore, India. Differences subsequently
arose between the parties.
3.3. In the year 2021, the appellant-wife was deputed by her
employer to the United States and accordingly she
travelled abroad.
3.4. On 9th May 2022, the respondent-husband instituted C.P.
Case No.65 of 2022 before the Family Court, Sambalpur
under Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 seeking
dissolution of marriage on t...