Sharmila @ Shanmugapriya v. Vinoth @ Vijayakumar
Case brief
What is this about?
Madras High Court C.M.A.No.1240 of 2023 (decided 21.01.2025, J. Nisha Banu & R. Sakthivel JJ.): divorce decree granted on both parties' willingness; Family Court, Salem had dismissed wife's cruelty-ground divorce petition (H.M.O.P.No.108 of 2020, order dated 03.03.2023); husband's restitution of conjugal rights petition dismissed for default; parties separated since 2019 after about four months of cohabitation; marriage solemnized 10.03.2019 dissolved; appeal under Section 19 Family Courts Act read with Section 28 Hindu Marriage Act, 1955; no costs. Parties: Sharmila @ Shanmugapriya (appellant) v. Vinoth @ Vijayakumar (respondent).
What did the court decide?
Civil Miscellaneous Appeal allowed; judgment and decree dated 03.03.2023 in H.M.O.P.No.108 of 2020 (Family Court, Salem) set aside; marriage solemnized on 10.03.2019 dissolved and decree of divorce granted; no order as to costs.