A. Ranjithkumar vs E. Kavitha - 2025 Supreme(SC) 1200

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2025 Supreme(SC) 1200

VIKRAM NATH, SANDEEP MEHTA
A. Ranjithkumar – Appellant
Versus
E. Kavitha – Respondent

Advocates appeared:
For the Petitioner(s): Mr. S. Nagamuthu, Sr. Adv. Mr. M.P. Parthiban, AOR Ms. Priyaranjani Nagamuthu, Adv. Mr. Ankur Prakash, Adv. Mrs. Priyanka Singh, Adv. Mr. Bilal Mansoor, Adv. Mr. Shreyas Kaushal, Adv. Mr. S. Geyolin Selvam, Adv. Mr. Alagiri K, Adv.
For the Respondent(s): Mr. Anup Kumar, AOR Mrs. Shruti Singh, Adv. Ms. Pragya Choudhary, Adv. Mr. Awanish Gupta, Adv. Mr. Shivam Kumar, Adv. Mrs. Neha Jaiswal, Adv. Mr. Vishnu Prabhakar, Adv.

Table of Content
1. background of divorce case (Para 2 , 3)
2. mediation attempts and legal representation (Para 4 , 5)
3. irretrievable breakdown of marriage (Para 6 , 7 , 8)
4. granting permanent alimony (Para 9 , 10 , 11)
5. conclusion of the appeal (Para 12 , 13)

JUDGMENT :.

VIKRAM NATH, J.

1. Leave granted.

2. This appeal arises from the judgment dated 24.08.2018 passed by the High Court of Judicature at Madras in Civil Miscellaneous Appeal No. 2678 of 2017, whereby the High Court allowed the appeal filed by the respondent-wife and set aside the decree of divorce granted by the Family Court on 17.10.2016.

3. The relevant facts, briefly stated, are as follows:

3.1. The marriage between the appellant-husband and the respondent-wife was solemnized on 15.02.2009. Shortly thereafter, the parties relocated to the United States of America, where the appellant-husband was employed.

3.2. A son was born to the parties on 07.04.2010.

3.3. On 26.09.2012, the appellant-husband instituted a divorce petition bearing H.M.O.P. No. 197 of 2012 (later renumbered as F.C.O.P. No. 245 of 2014) under Sections 13(1)(ia) and (ib) of the HINDU MARRIAGE ACT , 1955, seeking dissolution of marriage on the grounds of c

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