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Uma Rani and Ors. v. Rajinder Prasad Singhal and Ors.

Delhi HC19 May 2026CS(OS)/226/2026

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Uma Rani and Ors. v. Rajinder Prasad Singhal and Ors.; CS(OS) 226/2026; I.A. No. 13999/2026; Delhi High Court; Justice Mini Pushkarna; decided 19.05.2026; consent decree; compromise decree; family settlement; Memorandum of Family Settlement dated 25 March 2023; Order XXIII Rule 3; Order XXIII Rule 3A; Section 151 CPC; Code of Civil Procedure 1908; refund of full court fees; disposal of suit; cancellation of next dates.

What did the court decide?

Consent/compromise decree passed in terms of the Settlement Agreement read with the Memorandum of Family Settlement dated 25.03.2023; parties bound to abide by its terms and barred from raising disputes over settled issues; Registry to prepare the decree sheet and issue a Certificate of Refund of full Court Fees to the plaintiffs; next dates of 31.07.2026 and 04.08.2026 cancelled. ¶28

Uma Rani and Ors. Vs Rajinder Prasad Singhal and Ors. — Delhi HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

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Issue for consideration

Whether the suit should be decreed in terms of the Memorandum of Family Settlement dated 25.03.2023 pursuant to the joint application under Order XXIII Rules 3 and 3A read with Section 151 CPC. +1 more

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Court's answer

With the consent of the parties, a consent/compromise decree is passed in the terms of the Settlement Agreement read with the Memorandum of Family Settlement dated 25.03.2023.

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Ratio / Principle

The Court perused the Memorandum of Family Settlement dated 25.03.2023, as noted in the application and annexed therewith, and found no impediment in accepting it, its terms being lawful.

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Key takeaways

The parties are bound by the Memorandum of Family Settlement and shall abide by the terms and conditions set out therein.ratio¶21
None of the parties shall raise any dispute with respect to the issues settled by the Memorandum of Family Settlement dated 25.03.2023.ratio¶22
Since the parties have arrived at a settlement, the Registry is directed to issue a Certificate of Refund of full Court Fees to the plaintiffs.

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Delhi High Court (Mini Pushkarna, J.), 19.05.2026 — On a joint application by the plaintiffs and defendants under Order XXIII Rules 3 and 3A read with Section 151 CPC, the Court passed a consent/compromise decree in CS(OS) 226/2026 in terms of the Memorandum of Family Settlement dated 25.03.2023, having perused its terms and found them lawful and the settlement voluntary. The parties were declared bound by the Memorandum and directed not to raise any dispute over the settled issues. The Registry was directed to prepare the decree sheet and to issue a Certificate of Refund of full Court Fees to the plaintiffs. The suit and the pending application stand disposed of.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

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- CS(OS) 226/2026 & I.A. No. 13999/2026

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UMA RANI AND ORS. .....Plaintiffs

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Through: Mr. Dinesh Garg, Adv. with Ms. Rachna Agrawal, Adv. M: 9899007471 Email: [email protected]

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versus

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RAJINDER PRASAD SINGHAL AND ORS. .....Defendants Through: Ms. Vandana Bhatnagar, Adv.

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CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MINI PUSHKARNA

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O R D E R % 19.05.2026

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I.A. No. 13999/2026

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The present is a joint application filed on behalf of the plaintiffs and the defendants under Order XXIII Rules 3 and 3A read with Section 151 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (“CPC”) with a prayer for decreeing the present suit in terms of the Memorandum of Family Settlement dated 25^th March, 2023.

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Learned counsels appearing for the parties submit that since the parties are closely related, the matter was discussed amongst themselves and with intervention of their well-wishers and relations, the parties had agreed to settle the disputes in terms of an oral family settlement.

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Thus, it is submitted that the matter has been settled by and between the parties in the terms as were agreed upon on 25^th March, 2023 by way of

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This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 22/05/2026 at 11:49:51

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oral family settlement and as duly recorded in the written Memorandum of Family Settlement dated 25^th March, 2023. The terms of the same are detailed in Para 4 of the present joint application.

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Thus, it is submitted that a decree may be passed in terms of the aforesaid Memorandum of Family Settlement. 5. Learned counsels appearing for both the parties jointly submit that the settlement between the parties has been reached without any undue pressure, coercion and duress and that the parties have arrived at the settlement out of their own free will and volition.

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The aforesaid statement is taken note of. 7. This Court has perused the terms of the Memorandum of Family Settlement dated 25^th March, 2023 between the parties, as noted in the present application and annexed therewith, and finds no impediment in accepting the same, with the terms therein, being lawful.

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Thus, in view of the aforesaid, this Court finds no impediment in decreeing the suit in terms of the Memorandum of Family Settlement dated 25^th March, 2023.

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Accordingly, with the consent of the parties, a consent/compromise decree is hereby passed in the terms of the Settlement Agreement read with Memorandum of Family Settlement dated 25^th March, 2023, and following directions are issued in this regard:

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i. The parties are hereby bound by the aforesaid Memorandum of Family Settlement, and they shall abide by the terms and conditions, as set out therein.

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ii. None of the parties shall raise any dispute with respect to the issues which have been settled by way of the Memorandum of Family

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Settlement dated 25^th March, 2023.

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Let decree sheet be prepared by the Registry, in accordance with the aforesaid consent terms between the parties.

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Considering the fact that the parties have arrived at a settlement, the Registry of this Court is directed to issue a Certificate of Refund of full Court Fees to the plaintiffs.

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Accordingly, the present suit, along with the pending application, stands disposed of.

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The next dates of 31^st July, 2026 and 04^th August, 2026 stand cancelled.

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MINI PUSHKARNA, J

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MAY 19, 2026/KR

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