Sri R T Nagendra v. Smt Hemavathi P (Punarva)
Case brief
What is this about?
The High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru disposed of two miscellaneous first appeals regarding matrimonial disputes. The court observed that the marriage was dissolved during the pendency of the appeals through a mutual consent divorce application under Section 13B of the Hindu Marriage Act, finding that nothing remained for adjudication and disposing the appeals accordingly.
What did the court decide?
The appeals were disposed of on the ground that the marriage stood dissolved via mutual consent divorce filed during the pendency of the appeals.