Mateus Victor De Souza v. Annie Soares
Case brief
What is this about?
High Court of Bombay at Goa, MCAM-11-2023 (Miscellaneous Civil Application (Main) No. 11 of 2023), Valmiki Menezes J., decided 24 January 2025 (neutral citation 2025:BHC-GOA:115): confirmation of foreign divorce decree dated 05.09.2018 of the Court of Sheriffdom of Grampian, Highland & Islands at Aberdeen, Scotland, under Article 1101 of the Portuguese Civil Procedure Code read with Section 13 of the Civil Procedure Code; Petitioner/Applicant Mateus Victor de Souza (Advocate Richard Almeida); Respondent Annie Soares unrepresented; decree confirmed as final and conclusive; marriage dissolved; Civil Registrar, Bardez at Mapusa directed to endorse and cancel marriage registration Entry No. 37/2001 dated 16.01.2001.
What did the court decide?
Confirmation of the Foreign Decree of Divorce dated 05.09.2018 passed by the Scotland Court, held final and conclusive; marriage declared dissolved; Civil Registrar directed to endorse Entry No. 37/2001 dated 16.01.2001 recording confirmation of the decree and cancel such registration; order made absolute and application disposed of.