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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
CRIMINAL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION
TRANSFER PETITION (CRIMINAL) NO. 78/2025
AMIT GOPAL MAHESHWARY & ORS. ..... PETITIONER(S)
VERSUS
KARISHMA AMIT MAHESHWARY ..... RESPONDENT(S)
WITH
TRANSFER PETITION (CIVIL) NO. 247/2025
O R D E R
During the pendency of these transfer petitions, the parties
settled their disputes out of Court and reduced the terms thereof
to writing in the Mutual Settlement Agreement dated 28.04.2025. A
joint application has also been filed by the parties on the
strength thereof seeking appropriate directions, including a prayer
for dissolution of their marriage.
The parties got married on 03.07.2023, but have been staying
separately since 04.09.2024. The parties are of sufficient
maturity, being in their forties, and as they assert that there is
no possibility of reconciliation, the same would have to be
accepted at this stage.
In that view of the matter, we deem it appropriate to
exercise our jurisdiction under Article 142 of the Constitution of
India and dissolve the marriage between the parties. A decree of
divorce by mutual consent will be drawn up in that regard.
In the light of the Mutual Settlement Agreement dated
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28.04.2025, there would no purpose served in requiring them to
pursue the various cases instituted against each other.
We, therefore, exercise our jurisdiction under Article 142 of
the Constitution of India and qu...