ITEM NO.16 COURT NO.4 SECTION IV-B

S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A

RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (C) No(s). 13012/2018

(Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 12-02-2018

in FAO No. 35/2016 passed by the High Court Of Punjab & Haryana At

Chandigarh)

SUKHDEV SINGH Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

SUKHBIR KAUR Respondent(s)

(FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.68654/2018-PERMISSION TO FILE

ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS )

Date : 04-07-2018 This petition was called on for hearing today.

CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KURIAN JOSEPH

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KISHAN KAUL

For Petitioner(s)

Mr. Rajesh Aggarwal, AOR

Ms. Mridul Aggarwal, Adv.

For Respondent(s)

UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following

O R D E R

The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the

respondent-wife, having approached the Court for a decree of

nullity, cannot claim maintenance even under the Hindu Marriage

Act.