Vineet Taneja Vs Ritu Johari & Anr. (Supreme Court of India)
The Supreme Court considered an application filed by the wife seeking to set aside the Registrar’s lodgement order dated 12.07.2023, which had rejected registration of her miscellaneous application. The wife had sought dissolution of the marriage by invoking the Court’s extraordinary powers under Article 142 of the Constitution of India. The miscellaneous application had been filed in proceedings originally instituted by the husband, whose matter had already been dismissed by the Supreme Court on 28.03.2023. The husband opposed the application.
The Court noted that the original proceedings before it arose from the husband’s challenge to an interim order dated 03.02.2023 passed by the Division Bench of the Delhi High Court in CM No. 872 of 2023 in LPA No. 603 of 2022. After hearing the parties on several occasions, the Court concluded that the marriage had irretrievably broken down and that no possibility of reconciliation remained.
The Court observed that the relationship had deteriorated to such an extent that its continuation was causing emotional and mental suffering to both the husband and the wife, as well as to their only child. The Court also noted the existence of criminal proceedings initiated by the wife against the husband and his family members.
