In Brief
This case involves parties to a failed marriage seeking dissolution by mutual consent. The Family Court had granted divorce citing cruelty; the High Court affirmed it on irretrievable breakdown. However, the Supreme Court noted that breakdown alone does not justify divorce. Finding the parties had lived separately for over seven years, had no children, and both freely consented to part as friends, the Court invoked Article 142 to grant divorce by mutual consent. The judgment sets aside the lower orders and dissolves the marriage on agreed terms, including a monetary settlement and return of personal items, while restraining future litigation between the parties without Court permission."
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