In Brief
Priti Patel and her estranged husband, Nalin Satyakam Kohli, had been granted a mutual consent divorce with a settlement agreement. The husband allegedly violated the settlement terms, triggering further legal disputes and criminal proceedings. Both parties appeared before the Supreme Court expressing a desire for peace and reconciliation. The Court held that the purpose of mutual consent divorce is to enable amicable parting, not ongoing conflict. Accordingly, it quashed all related criminal cases and proceedings, restrained both parties and their families from instituting further cases against each other without the Court's permission, and disposed of the appeal in favour of the appellant.
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