2017 INSC 0749
                            SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

                            Vishesh Malhotra

                            Vs.

                            Dr.Alka Malhotra

                            C.A.No.12686 of 2017

                   (Kurian Joseph and R.Banumathi,JJ.,)

                            12.09.2017

                            JUDGMENT

Kurian Joseph,J.,

SLP(Civil)No.19066 of 2016

1. Leave granted.

2. Both the parties, who are well educated and professionally qualified, are before this Court
today with matrimonial disputes, which started in the year 2009.

3. Thanks to the intervention of Mr. R. Basant, learned senior counsel, and the intervention
of the court, the parties have agreed to an amicable settlement of the disputes. They have
filed a Joint Statement dated 07.09.2017 in the court today, which is taken on record. The
said Joint Statement shall form part of this Judgment.

4. In terms of the Joint Statement, the parties have also filed an application under Section
13B of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 for divorce on mutual consent.

5. Having regard to the long separation of the parties, that the disputes have other wise
been settled in terms of the Joint Statement referred to above, and also having regard to the
fact that in terms of the settlement, an amount of Rs. 85,00,000/- (Rupees Eighty Five
Lakhs) is being handed over to the respondent and their son Karan, who is major, which is
duly acknowledged, we are of the view that this is a fit case to invoke our jurisdiction under
Article 142 of the Constitution of India.

6. Accordingly, the marriage between the appellant- Dr. Vishesh Malhotra and the
respondent - Dr. Alka Malhotra is dissolved by way of a decree of divorce by mutual
consent.

7. In view of the above, this appeal is disposed of.        SpotLaw

                                                         1
2  SpotLaw