Supreme Court rules it can directly grant divorce to couples under Article 142
Supreme Court rules it can directly grant divorce to couples under Article 142
A five-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court on Monday ruled that it can exercise its plenary power to do “complete justice” under Article 142(1) of the Constitution to dissolve a marriage on the ground that it had broken down irretrievably, without referring the parties to a family court where they must wait 6-18 months for a decree of divorce by mutual consent.
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