SHIKHA KUMARI vs RAVIKANT RAVI

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on:24.11.2025 Judgment pronounced on: 06.12.2025 + MAT.APP.(F.C.) 30/2024, CM APP. 3808/2024 and CM APP. 40859/2025 MS. SHIKHA KUMARI .....Appellant Through: Mr. Satish Pandey, Adv. versus RAVIKANT RAVI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Sanjeev Sharma and Mr. Ankit Kashyap, Advs. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KSHETARPAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH VAIDYANATHAN SHANKAR JUDGMENT ANIL KSHETARPAL, J. 1. The present Appeal, filed by the Appellant-Wife, assails the correctness of the judgment and decree dated 15.12.2023 [hereinafter referred to as „Impugned Judgment‟] passed by the learned Family Court in HMA No. 1684/2018 whereby the petition filed by the Respondent-Husband under Section 13(1)(ia) Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 [hereinafter referred to as „HMA‟], seeking dissolution of marriage on the ground of cruelty, has been allowed and the marriage between the parties has been dissolved. 2. The issue which arises for consideration in the present Appeal is whether, once the Family Court, on proper appreciation of evidence, Signature Not Verified MAT.APP.(F.C.) 30/2024 Page 1 of 17 Signed By:JAI NARAYAN Signing Date:06.12.2025 11:46:31 has found that the marriage remained unconsummated from inception and that the Appellant‟s conduct amounted to mental cruelty, would it be appropriate to interfere in Appeal? FACTUAL MATRIX 3. The brief facts leading to the present Appeal, as pleaded, are that the marriage between the parties was solemnized on 06.05.2017 in District Rohtas, Bihar as per Hindu customs and ceremonies. It is not in dispute that soon after the marriage, the parties were able to cohabit only for a short period and that the parties have been residing separately since June 2017. 4. It was the case of the Respo