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2026 Supreme(SC) 667

SANJAY KAROL, AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH
Sonal Talpada – Appellant
Versus
Veerbhan Singh – Respondent


Advocates appeared:
For the Petitioner(s): Mr. Neeraj Shekhar, AOR Mrs. Kshama Sharma, Adv. Mr. Ritwik Prasad, Adv. Mr. Rajat Singh Chandel, Adv. Mr. Ujjwal Ashutosh, Adv. Ms. Avi Sahai, Adv. Mr. Rajesh Maurya, Adv.
For the Respondent(s): Mr. Mithilesh Jha, AOR Ms. Rishika Chahar, Adv. Ms. Sanskriti Mishra, Adv. Mr. Tarun Chauhan, Adv.

JUDGMENT :

AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH, J.

1. Leave granted.

2. The instant Appeal assails the judgment and order dated 02.01.2025 (hereinafter referred to as “Impugned Judgment”) passed by the High Court of Rajasthan at Jaipur (hereinafter referred to as “High Court”) whereby the D.B. Civil Miscellaneous Appeal No. 5127 of 2019 filed by the Respondent-husband (Divorce Petitioner) herein stands allowed by setting aside the judgment and decree dated 21.08.2019 passed by the Family Court at Bharatpur, Rajasthan (hereinafter referred to as “Family Court”), vide which petition seeking divorce from the Appellant-wife filed by the Respondent-husband was dismissed.

3. Brief facts are that the marriage of the Appellant-wife and the Respondent-husband took place on 05.12.2007 as per the Hindu rites in Nadiyad Khera, Gujarat. No child was born out of their wedlock. At the time of marriage, Appellant-wife was working as a Gynaecologist in a government hospital in Nadiyad Khera, Gujarat and Respondent-husband, also a doctor, in State service in Rajasthan.

4. It appears that there were sociocultural differences between the parties and according to the Respondent-husband, cruelty was meted out to him. App

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