The parties hereto have arrived at a settlement. A Memorandum of
Settlement has been filed by the parties which is taken on record and accepted.
An application for dissolution of marriage by mutual consent has also been
filed by the parties. As prayed for by the learned counsel for the parties, we in
exercise of our jurisdiction under Article 142 of the Constitution of India direct that a
decree for dissolution of marriage, by mutual consent, in terms of Section 13B of the
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 is passed. Let a formal decree be drawn by the Family
Court at Bandra, Mumbai.
Mr. Upadhyay, learned counsel for the respondent states that in terms of
paragraph 7 of the settlement, all the requisite documents, including a demand draft
for Rs.3,00,000/- drawn in favour of the petitioner and two original letters in the
handwriting of the petitioner, have been handed over to Mr. Sunil Kumar Jain,
learned counsel for the petitioner, the receipt whereof is admitted and acknowledged.
The transfer petition is disposed of accordingly.
(S.B. SINHA)