IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION Transfer Petition (Civil) No.2301/2025 TANUJA GANGWANI PETITIONER(S)

VERSUS KARAN JAGDISH AWTANI RESPONDENT(S)

O R D E R

1. The parties have been able to arrive at an amicable settlement on their own.

2. The settlement agreement in the form of a Memorandum of Understanding dated 24.01.2026 has been reduced into writing, duly signed by the parties and the attesting witnesses.

3. The Memorandum of Understanding reads thus:

MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING This Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is being entered on 24.01.2026 at Surat, Gujarat between Tanuja Gangwani daughter of Sh. Rajkumar Gangwani residing at C-905 Royal Paradise, Vesu, Surat-395007 (FIRST PARTY)

AND Karan Jagdish Awtani son of Sh. Jagdish Awtani residing at C-602, Padmavati Apartment, 3^rd Cross Lane, Swami Samarth Nagar, High Point Hotel Lane, Lokhandwala Complex, Andheri (W), Mumbai-400053 (SECOND PARTY)

WHEREAS the First Party and Second Party were married Signature Not Verified on 10^th March, 2019 as per Hindu rites and customs Digitally signed by and after the marriage they lived together as husband HARPREET KAUR Date: 2026.02.26 Reason:

out of the said wedlock.

WHEREAS due to temperamental differences and incompatibility, disputes arose between the First Party and the Second Party, after which they have been residing separately since April 2024..

WHEREAS the Second Party has filed a divorce petition against the First Party under Section 13 (i-a) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 before the Family Court Bandra, Mumbai (M.J. Petition No. 3113/2024).

WHEREAS the First Party has filed a petition against the Second Party for Domestic Violence before Ld. Civil Court, Surat (CRMA J No. 122/2025) and other cases more specifically described in para 9 of the instant MoU.

WHEREAS the First Party filed a Transfer Petition (C) No. 2301/2025 before the Hon’ble Supreme Court for transfer of the divorce petition being M.J Petition No. 3113/2024 from Family Court, Bandra, Mumbai to Family Court, Surat.

The First Party and Second Party have decided to amicably and peacefully settle their matrimonial disputes on the terms and conditions mentioned herein below which are mutually agreed by both the parties out of their free will and consent:

1. The Second Party agrees to pay to First Party a settlement amount of ₹ 30,00,000/- (Rupees Thirty Lacs Only) towards full and final settlement of all claims past, present, and future, including maintenance (past, present and future), permanent alimony, streedhan, right in movable and immovable properties of the Second Party, and any other claim whatsoever arising out of the marital relationship.

2. The Second Party shall pay the settlement amount of ₹ 30,00,000/- (Rupees Thirty Lacs Only) by way of cheque no. 000014 drawn on Kotak Mahindra Bank dated 24.01.2026 which shall be handed over by the Second Party to the First Party on the date of signing of the present Memorandum of Understanding.

3. It has been mutually agreed by both the parties that the First Party shall not encash the aforesaid cheque amount before the grant of divorce decree and it has been further agreed that the said cheque will be deposited by the First Party with the Bank within 7 days from the date of order granting decree of divorce by the Hon’ble Supreme Court. It is further agreed between the parties that in case the cheque is dishonored for any reason whatsoever; then the First Party may avail appropriate legal remedies against the Second Party. Both parties agree that in case the decree of the Hon’ble Supreme Court is not passed within the validity period of the aforementioned cheque, the Second Party shall issue and handover to the First Party a fresh cheque in favour of the First Party and this event shall not be considered as a violation or non-compliance of the terms of the present MOU.

4. The First Party hereby acknowledges that upon receipt of the said sum, she shall have no further monetary, non-monetary or any other cl