Overview
- The bench invoked Article 142 this week to dissolve the marriage and quash all civil, criminal and disciplinary matters between the parties.
- It ordered a consolidated payment of Rs 5 crore as permanent alimony, payable within one year in full or in installments.
- Custody of the two minor children goes to the mother, with visitation rights for the father and directions to cooperate on documents such as passports.
- The Court condemned the husband, a practising lawyer, for filing over 80 cases and for using resignations and profile changes as a subterfuge to dodge payments.
- The settlement requires formal undertakings, including the wife vacating a Mumbai flat on receipt of funds and the husband promising not to initiate new proceedings.