Rohit Gupta v. Rupa Gupta
Case brief
What is this about?
Jharkhand High Court, Ranchi (Division Bench) — F.A.No. 135 of 2024, order dated 04.12.2025 — nullity of marriage on ground of force under Section 12(1)(C), Hindu Marriage Act, 1955; Family Court, Chaibasa dismissed suit for insufficiency of evidence; Bench declined to interfere, held judgment not perverse, and on joint statement that both parties did not want to live together granted liberty to file mutual-consent divorce application under Section 13(b) HMA after the two-year period. Keywords: forced marriage, voidable marriage, nullity, divorce by mutual consent, Section 13(b), Section 12(1)(C), Section 19(1) Family Courts Act, liberty to file, appeal disposed of, Chaibasa.
What did the court decide?
Appeal disposed of without interfering with the impugned Family Court judgment; liberty granted to both parties to file an application under Section 13(b) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 after completion of the two-year period, to be considered in accordance with law.