Divorce can be granted on ‘grounds of irretrievable breakdown’: Supreme Court
The Hindu
A five-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court on May 1 ruled that marriages can be dissolved “on ground of irretrievable breakdown”.
A five-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court on May 1 ruled that marriages can be dissolved “on grounds of irretrievable breakdown”.
The top court pronounced its verdict on a batch of petitions relating to the exercise of its vast powers under Article 142 of the Constitution to dissolve broken-down marriages between consenting couples without referring them to family courts for protracted judicial proceedings to get decrees of separation.
The Bench headed by Justice S.K. Kaul said the apex court is empowered under Article 142 of the Constitution to do complete justice.
Article 142 of the Constitution deals with the enforcement of decrees and orders of the apex court to do “complete justice” in any matter pending before it.
“We have... held that it is possible for this court to dissolve the marriage on the ground of irretrievable breakdown of marriage,” the bench, also comprising justices Sanjiv Khanna, A.S. Oka, Vikram Nath and J.K. Maheshwari, said.
While reserving its order, the court had said social changes take a “little time” and sometimes it is easier to bring a law but difficult to persuade society to change with it.
The apex court had acknowledged the large role a family plays in marriages in India.
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