- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Decided
- 21 November 2008
- Bench
- Arijit Pasayat
- Result
- Petition disposed of.
Headnote
[DR: ·,ARIJIT'PASAYAT ·AND .DR~ MUKUNDAKAM•"
SHARMA, JJ;]
Hindu Law:
Matrimonial dispute:
Transfer Petitions - Matrimonial disputes - Consideration of, by Supreme Court Lok Ada/at - Settlement of dispute - In compliance with certain directions, a sum of rupees forty lakhs by way of demand draft has been deposited by the respondent in the Registry of Supreme Court - Held: Compromise in term of direction/order of Lok Ada/at recorded - Demand Draft to be handed over to counsel for the respondent who shall file a receipt from the respondent.
Transfer Petition filed by petitioner-wife was considered by the Supreme Court Lok Adalat and the matrimonial disputes between the petitioner and her husband were settled in terms of direction/order of the Lok Adalat. In compliance with the direction, the respondent had deposited a sum of rupees forty lakhs y by way of demand draft.
Disposing of the petition, the Court HELD: Respondent has deposited a sum of rupees 40,00,000/- by way of demand draft in the registry of this Court in terms of order dated 4.11.2008. The compromise is recorded in terms of what has been stated in the order dated 6.9.2008 by the Lok Adalat. The demand draft be -1 handed over by the registry to the counsel for the
respondent who shall file a receipt from the respondent of having received the draft. [Para 2] (504-C-D]
Headnote as published in the Digital Supreme Court Reports by the Supreme Court of India. Paragraph references point to the judgment below.
Judgment
DR. ARIJIT PASAYAT, J. 1. This transfer petition was taken up at the Supreme Court Lok Adalat on 6th September, 2oos: After hearing the parties the following order was passed: ..
"The wife, her father, her husband and his father have appeared in person and presented a joint. petition of settlement duly signed by all of them. They have been represented through their counsel. The parties have agreed to settle their dispute on the following terms as enumerated in the petition:
(a) All criminal cases/complaints/FIRs/DDRs, filed by
either party would be quashed.
y (b) Marriage between the parties would be dissolved
by mutual consent divorce.
(c) Abhinav, his parents, his brother and Bhabi and his
two Mamas would collectively appear before an Aggarwal Sabha and acknowledge their wrongs committed on Shilpa.
(d) In case any of these above seven persons fails to
appear before the Sabha, Shilpa can revive her complaints.
· (e) -The husband and father in taw Shri Ashok Gupta- - · < : :. ·· - Willj:)ayRsA0,00,000/- (RL!pees Forty Lakhs) within .
. ·two mo~hths by Demand Draft drawn at Bhiwani i.n , . nc:tme of ShilJ?C!.
(g) The husband, Shri Ashok Gupta aha ·other five
persons will appear before one' Aggarwal Sabha, Prashant Vihar, Delhi, within· month from today -and apo~ogize in writing to the girl a.nd her family members. No further litigation of any nature will be started by parties on this account." ·· 2. It is accepted that a sum of Rs.40,00,000/- by way of demand .draft has been deposited in. the registry of-this Court in: terms· of order dated 4. ~ 1.2008; The compromise is recorded in .. terms of what has been stated in the order dated 6:9.2008 . The demand draft be handed over by the registry to the learned counsel· f6r the· petitio'ner who shall file a receipt from the petitioner of. having received the draft. Ttie same· shall be done within two weeks frorri todai . . . . i :- ; • ... "' . ~ " • ·1
3, The transfer 'petition is accordingly.disp_osed of ..
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Case details
Arising from
CIVIL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION: Transfer Petition (Civil) No. 79 of 2008.
Appearances
Devashish Bharuka for the Petitioner ..
P.N. Puri, ~.K. Gupta and Reeta Dewan Puri for the Respondents.
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