SAMEER PAREEK vs SHWETA PAREEK NEE BHATT

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on: 06.08.2025 Judgment delivered on: 20.08.2025 + MAT.APP.(F.C.) 87/2024 & CM APPL. 16980/2024 (Stay) SAMEER PAREEK .....Appellant Through: Mr. PBA Srinivasan, Mr. Sumit Swami & Ms. Srishti Bansal, Advocate. versus SHWETA PAREEK NEE BHATT .....Respondent Through: Mr. Neha Batra, Ms. Ishika Jain & Ms. Rakhee Gupta, Advocates. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KSHETARPAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH VAIDYANATHAN SHANKAR JUDGEMENT HARISH VAIDYANATHAN SHANKAR J. 1. This appeal has been filed under Section 19 of the Family Courts Act, 1984, challenging the Judgement dated 19.01.2024 1 , passed by the learned Family Court Judge, Rohini (North) District Courts 2 , in the matter of “Shweta Pareek née Bhatt vs. Sameer Pareek” bearing H.M.A. No.126 of 2017, whereby the learned Family Court allowed the Petition filed by the Respondent herein under Section 12(1)(c) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 19553. 1 Impugned Judgement 2 Family Court 3 HMA Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:HARVINDER KAUR BHATIA MAT.APP. (F.C.) 87/2024 Page 1 of 17 Signing Date:22.08.2025 18:07:23 ISSUE IN HAND: 2. By way of the Impugned Judgment, the learned Family Court has annulled the marriage between the parties under Section 12(1)(c) of the HMA, and accordingly issued a decree to that effect. The primary terms on which the learned Family Court has deemed it necessary to annul the marriage are: - (i) The concealment by the Appellant of the fact of his prior marriage, and (ii) The discrepancy in the salary figures that had been set out by the Appellant. 3. These findings were based on an analysis of the online profile of the Appellant on the matrimonial portal “www.shaadi.com” and on the basis of which the Respondent herein had responded to t