Sameer Pareek vs Shweta Pareek Nee Bhatt

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2025 Supreme(Del) 582

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI
ANIL KSHETARPAL, HARISH VAIDYANATHAN SHANKAR
Sameer Pareek – Appellant
Versus
Shweta Pareek Nee Bhatt – Respondent

Advocates Appeared:
For the Appellants : PBA Srinivasan, Sumit Swami, Srishti Bansal
For the Respondents: Neha Batra, Ishika Jain, Rakhee Gupta

JUDGMENT :

HARISH VAIDYANATHAN SHANKAR J.

1. This appeal has been filed under Section 19 of the FAMILY COURTS ACT , 1984, challenging the Judgement dated 19.01.2024 [Impugned Judgement] passed by the learned Family Court Judge, Rohini (North) District Courts [Family Court], in the matter of “Shweta Pareek née Bhatt vs. Sameer Pareek” bearing H.M.A. No.126 of 2017, whereby the learned Family Court allowed the Petition filed by the Respondent herein under Section 12(1)(c) of the HINDU MARRIAGE ACT , 1955 [HMA].

ISSUE IN HAND:

2. By way of the Impugned Judgment, the learned Family Court has annulled the marriage between the parties under Section 12(1)(c) of the HMA, and accordingly issued a decree to that effect. The primary terms on which the learned Family Court has deemed it necessary to annul the marriage are: -

(i) The concealment by the Appellant of the fact of his prior marriage, and (ii) The discrepancy in the salary figures that had been set out by the Appellant.

3. These findings were based on an analysis of the online profile of the Appellant on the matrimonial portal “www.shaadi.com” and on the basis of which the Respondent herein had responded to the advertised profile of the A