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  • Supreme Court ruling on Consensual Divorce

    Supreme Court ruling on Consensual Divorce

    The Supreme Court Bench ruled that it can exercise its plenary power to do “complete justice” under Article 142(1) of the Constitution to dissolve a marriage on the ground that it had ‘broken down irretrievably’, without referring the parties to a family court where they must wait 6-18 months for a decree of divorce by…