Jatinder Kumar vs Jeewan Lata - 2025 Supreme(SC) 2079

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2025 Supreme(SC) 2079

VIKRAM NATH, SANDEEP MEHTA
Jatinder Kumar – Appellant
Versus
Jeewan Lata – Respondent

Advocates appeared:
For the Petitioner(s): Mr. Deepkaran Dalal, Adv. Mr. Raunaq Dalal, Adv. Mr. Deepkaran Dalal, AOR
For the Respondent(s): Mr. Chritarth Palli , AOR

Table of Content
1. facts surrounding the marriage and prior legal proceedings. (Para 3 , 4)
2. arguments regarding the irretrievable breakdown of marriage. (Para 6 , 7)
3. court's observations on the possibility of reconciliation. (Para 8)
4. determination of permanent alimony and conditions of divorce. (Para 9 , 10)
5. final judgment on appeal and orders of divorce. (Para 12 , 13 , 14)

JUDGMENT :

VIKRAM NATH, J.

1. Leave granted.

2. Heard.

3. The present appeal arises out of the impugned order dated 28th February 2014 passed by the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh in FAO No. M-246 of 2012, whereby the High Court dismissed the appellant- husband’s appeal and affirmed the dismissal of his petition seeking dissolution of marriage.

4. The facts giving rise to the present appeal, in brief, are as follows:

4.2. Both parties are teachers by profession. Prior to the marriage, the respondent-wife was working as a teacher in Government Elementary School, Hansron, Tehsil Nawanshahr, Punjab.

4.3. The appellant-husband contends that the marriage was strained. In Octob

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