BHAVNABEN vs HARSHAD ZINABHAI DESAI — C.A. No. 5078/2005

Case Summary: Bhavnaben v. Harshad Zinabhai Desai (C.A. No. 5078/2005) On September 8, 2010, the Supreme Court dismissed Bhavnaben's appeal challenging the High Court's divorce decree. The wife had left the matrimonial home on January 30, 1990, abandoning a five-week-old infant daughter without justification and repeatedly refused reconciliation attempts. The Court upheld the High Court's findings that the wife was guilty of desertion for over two years and that the marriage had suffered an irretrievable breakdown after nearly 20 years of separation. No costs were awarded. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.