Malashre v. Digambar
Case brief
What is this about?
Matrimonial appeal, High Court of Karnataka; appellant-wife challenged divorce judgment and decree of the Principal Senior Civil Judge; parties compromised during the pendency of the appeal and agreed to live together; compromise petition under the Marriage Act placed on record; trial court judgment and decree set aside; fresh decree directed in terms of the compromise petition; appeal allowed in effect. NOTE: source text suffers severe font-encoding corruption (mojibake); case number, filing/decision dates, section numbers, O.S. number, party names and counsel names are not recoverable.
What did the court decide?
Setting aside of the trial court's judgment and decree of divorce and direction to draw a fresh decree in terms of the compromise petition filed by the parties, who had agreed to live together. ¶61