In Brief
In this transfer petition, the Supreme Court was seized of a matrimonial dispute between young parties who had amicably settled their differences and wished to part company. The Court exercised its constitutionally conferred power under Article 142 to annul their marriage without requiring them to pursue conventional divorce procedures. The judgment affirmed that where parties to a marriage dispute resolve matters consensually and seek independence, the Court may grant relief to do complete justice between them, even by granting an extraordinary remedy like annulment where the circumstances warrant it.
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