Judgment

Leave granted.

1. The parties have been litigating in one Forum or the other since the year 2005 and as of today twelve cases of various types are pending, some filed by the appellant and the others by the respondent-husband. The disputes have finally been/settled between the parties and a compromise deed has been put on record on page 164 of the paper book. Under this compromise the respondent-husband has agreed to pay a sum of `2,25,00,000/- (Rupees two crores and twenty five lakhs) to the appellant as full and final settlement of all disputes with the clear understanding that all litigations pending between them (civil and criminal) will terminate. Pursuant to the compromise the respondent-husband has paid a sum of Rupees Seventy five lakhs vide bank draft dated 29th August, 2011 and another sum of Rupees Seventy five lakhs has also been paid to day in Court by a ‘Pay Order’ (No.137954) of Standard chartered Bank dated 30th August, 2011 whereas a post-dated cheque (No.105860) dated 11th September, 2011 has also been handed over to the appellant in Court today.

(After referring to various decisions on the point, the Supreme Court in Manish Goel v. Rohini Goel (2010 (2) K