Parties' mutual agreement on divorce and related disposals is binding once acknowledged by the court.

(Judgment of the Court was delivered by N.ANAND VENKATESH, J.)

This Civil Miscellaneous Appeal has been filed challenging the order passed by the Family Court, Dindigul in H.M.O.P.No.203 of 2021, allowing the divorce petition filed by the respondent and thereby dissolving the marriage between the appellant and the respondent that took place on 04.09.2014.

2. When the matter was taken up for hearing today, the appellant and the respondent were present before this Court in person. A joint memo of compromise was filed before this Court, which is signed by the respective parties. For proper appreciation, the joint memo of compromise is extracted hereunder:

“It is respectfully submitted that both the Appellant and the Respondent have agreed to settle the dispute which is the subject matter of the above Civil Miscellaneous Appeal in the following terms:-

1) The Appellant is hereby submitting to the divorce decree dated 04.04.2025 passed in H.M.O.P. No.203 of 2021 on the file of the Family Court, Dindigul which is the subject matter of the above Appeal in C.M.A. (MD) No. 655 of 2025 on the file of this Hon'ble Court, thus he has no objection in confirming the divorce decree dated 04.04.2025 by this Hon'ble Court.

2) The Appellant undertakes that from this day onwards he shall not either directly or indirectly indulge in the act of disturbing the Respondent and her minor daughter Harshana Nethra through any means.

3) The Appellant hereby undertakes that he shall not either directly or indirectly cause disturbance to the job of the Respondent through any means.

4) The Appellant hereby undertakes that he shall not press the visitation right order dated 04.04.2025 passed in G.W.O.P. No.104 of

2023 on the file of the Family Court, Dindigul and lay any further claim for the visitation rights in the present or future as he has clearly spelt out that he shall not lay arry claim for the same in the present and future before any forum or Court.

5) The Appellant hereby undertakes that he shall not lay any claim over the movable and immovable properties standing in the name of the Respondent.

6) The Appellant hereby undertakes that he shall return all the Stridhan Articles presently in his custody to the Respondent in good condition without causing any damage to them.

7) The Respondent undertakes that she shall not claim any maintenance from the Appellant for herself and her minor daughter Harshana Nethra as she has clearly spelt out that she has given up the said claim of maintenance.

8) The Respondent undertakes that she shall not either directly or indirectly indulge in the act of disturbing the Appellant through any means.

9) The Respondent undertakes that she shall not lay any claim over the Appellant's movable and immovable properties.

10) The Respondent undertakes that she has prepared to return the 9 sovereigns of Mangala Suthra (Thali Kodi Chain) to the Appellant

11) The Appellant and the Respondent from this day onwards can be entitled to lead their own independent life according to their own wish.

12) The Appellant is entitled to withdraw the amount deposited by him before the Family court Dindigul.

13) The Appellant and the Respondent have jointly executed this Joint Memo of Compromise after having thoroughly gone through the contents of the same and put their respective signature in the column specified in the Joint Compromise Memo. Further, the said Joint Compromise Memo is hereby executed by the Appellant and the Respondent independently based on their own will and volition alone.

It is therefore prayed that this Hon'ble Court may be pleased to record the above compromise memo and confirm the Divorce Decree dated 04.04.2025 passed in H.M.O.P. No. 203 of 2021 on the file of the Family Court, Dindigul which is the subject matter of above C.M.A. (MD) No.655 of 2025 on the file of this Hon'ble Court. Further, the other C.M.A. (MD) Nos.984, 986 and 987 of 2023 on the file of this Hon'ble Court have become infructuous and the same may be dismissed as In