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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU

DATED THIS THE 19^TH DAY OF MAY, 2026

PRESENT

THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURAJ GOVINDARAJ

AND

THE HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE K.MANMADHA RAO

MISCELLANEOUS FIRST APPEAL NO.102 OF 2023 (MC)

BETWEEN:

RAVIKUMAR M

S/O MUNISWAMY R,

AGED ABOUT 40 YEARS,

NO.135, NEAR YELLAMMA TEMPLE

HEELALIGE, CHANDAPURA POST

ANEKAL TALUK

BENGALURU - 560 099.

…APPELLANT

(BY SRI. M.J ALVA, ADVOCATE)

AND:

SMT.MANASA T

W/O RAVIKUMAR M AND

Digitally signed by D/O THIMMARAYAPPA

VIJAYALAKSHMI AGED ABOUT 31 YEARS,

B N

NO.121, MANASA NILAYA

Location: HIGH

HEELALIGE MAIN ROAD,

COURT OF

KARNATAKA CHANDAPURA POST

ANEKAL TALUK,

BENGALURU - 560 099.

…RESPONDENT

(BY SRI. NAGA REDDY V.,ADVOCATE)

THIS MFA IS FILED U/S 28(1) OF HINDU MARRIAGE ACT

AGAINST THE JUDGMENT AND DECREE DATED 23.09.2022 PASSED

IN MC NO.5049/2020 ON THE FILE OF THE III ADDITIONAL

DISTRICT AND SESSIONS JUDGE, BENGALURU RURAL DISTRICT, SIT

AT ANEKAL, DISMISSING THE PETITION FILED UNDER SECTION

13(ia)(ib) OF THE HINDU MARRIAGE ACT.

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THIS APPEAL, COMING ON FOR FINAL HEARING, THIS DAY,

JUDGMENT WAS DELIVERED THEREIN AS UNDER:

CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURAJ GOVINDARAJ

and

HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE K.MANMADHA RAO

ORAL JUDGMENT

(PER: HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE K.MANMADHA RAO)

1. Appellant and respondent are present before the

Court along with their counsels.

2. Heard the learned counsel for the parties.

3. Appellant and respondent have filed a Compromise

petition dated 19.05.2026 under Order XXIII Rule 3

of CPC read with Section 21 of the Hindu Marriage

Act. The compromise petition reads as under:

The appellant and the respondent submit as follows:

1. The appellant has filed the above appeal against

the dismissal of his petition in MC No.5049/2020

dated 23.9.2022 by the trial court which is filed

under Section 13 (1) (ia) and (ib) of Hindu

Marriage Act. The appellant and the respondent are

husband and wife respectively and their marriage

had been performed on 21.3.2016 as per Hindu

Customary Rites. The respondent had refused to

cohabit with the appellant and since 15.10.2016

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both the parties have been living separately and

independently without having any relationship

what-so-ever between them for the past nearly ten

long years.

2. During the pendency of the above appeal due to the

intervention of their respective parents and the

elders in the family, both the parties have resolved

their differences and mutually agreed and conceded

to dissolve their marriage. The respondent herein

has agreed to have no objection to allow the

petition filed by the appellant before the trial court

in MC No.5049/2020 seeking dissolution of their

marriage. The respondent admits that due to the

long standing pendency of the proceedings they

have been living separately and independently and

away from each other. She also admits that there

are no issues in the wedlock. Under these

circumstances both the parties have filed this

compromise petition conceding for dissolution of

their marriage on the following terms and

conditions:

a) The respondent has agreed to receive the sum of

Rs.25 Lakhs from the appellant towards one time

settlement of her permanent alimony and that she

shall not have any further claim against the

appellant under any circumstances in future.

(b) The appellant has paid the said agreed sum of

Rs.25 Lakhs (Rupees Twenty Five Lakhs only) to

the respondent through Demand Draft No.000751

dated 29.4.2026 issued by HDFC Bank Ltd.,

Bengaluru towards one time settlement of her

permanent alimony.

(c) The respondent admits and acknowledges the

receipt of the said sum of Rs.25 Lakhs from the

appellant before this Hon'ble Court towards her

permanent alimony as one time settlement

payment and that she shall not have any further

claim against the appellant in future under any

circumstances.

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(d) Both the parties have exchanged their respective

movables and oth