In Brief
A couple married three months married but separated for seven years sought to dissolve their marriage by mutual consent. The Family Court had granted a divorce based on the wife's petition, which was affirmed by the High Court citing irretrievable breakdown. The Supreme Court held that irretrievable breakdown alone does not justify divorce; however, given the parties' long separation, absence of children, and genuine mutual agreement to part peacefully, the Court invoked Article 142 of the Constitution to grant divorce by mutual consent with a financial settlement and exchange of personal items.
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