LAWS(P&H)-2011-4-32

INDERJIT SINGH Vs. GURDIP KAUR

Decided On April 19, 2011
INDERJIT SINGH Appellant
V/S
GURDIP KAUR Respondents

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Challenge in the present appeal is to the judgment and decree of the learned court below whereby petition filed by the appellanthusband under Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (for short, "the Act"), for dissolution of marriage, was dismissed on 4.11.2009.

(2.) Briefly, the facts of the case are that the marriage of the parties was solemnised as per Hindu rites on 7.1.1999. No child was born out of the wedlock. Due to temperamental differences, the parties could not pull on together. They are living separate since 2007. Petition filed by the husband for dissolution of marriage under Section 13 of the Act, was dismissed by the learned Additional District Judge, S. A. S. Nagar (Mohali) on 4.11.2009. Thereafter, the appellant husband filed appeal before this court. During the pendency of the appeal, the matter was referred to the Mediation and Conciliation Centre of this Court, where the same was mutually settled on 17.11.2010. The petition converted into a petition under Section 13-B of the Act for divorce by mutual consent.

(3.) As per the settlement, a sum of Rs. 12,50,000/- was to be paid as permanent alimony to the wife by the husband. Today both the parties were present in person in court. They were identified by their respective counsels. Their joint statement was recorded in the court. The text of the statement is extracted as under:-