CORAM : REVATI MOHITE DERE & SANDESH D. PATIL, JJ.

DATE : 1ST OCTOBER, 2025.

JUDGMENT (Per Sandesh Patil, J.) :-

1. Heard the learned counsels appearing for the respective parties.

2. Rule, by consent, rule returnable forthwith.

3. The present Family Court Appeal is directed against the Judgment, Decree and Order dated 5/11/2024 passed by the learned Principal Judge, Family Court, Thane in proceedings bearing number P.A. No. 132/2022, whereby the petition of the petitioner/respondent herein was allowed and the marriage between the parties, which was solemnised on 18/9/2017, was dissolved by a decree of divorce. The present petition is filed by the appellant-wife, who is the respondent in Family Court.

4. The respondent-husband had filed the petition for divorce under Section 27(1)(d) of the Special Marriage Act, 1954. The contention of the respondent-husband was that the marriage between the parties was solemnised on 18/9/2017 in the office of the Registrar of Marriages, Bandra, Mumbai in accordance with the provisions of the Special Marriage Act. The respondent-husband contended that the appellant-wife treated him with cruelty and therefore he sought dissolution of the marriage. The res