SHIKSHA KUMARI vs SANTOSH KUMAR

$~J- * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Judgment reserved on: 19.09.2025 Judgment delivered on: 17.12.2025 MAT.APP.(F.C.) 111/2025 SHIKSHA KUMARI .....Appellant Through: Mr. Rajshekhar Rao, Sr. Advocate (Amicus-Curiae) with Ms. Aashna Chawla, Mr. Ajay Sabharwal, Mr. Wamic Wasim Nargal and Mr. Zahid Laiq Ahmed, Advocates. versus SANTOSH KUMAR .....Respondent Through: Mr. Saurabh Kansal, Advocate with Mr. Raghav Vij, Mr. Suraj Kumar, Ms. Ritul Sharma, and Mr. Pratham Malik, Advocates. CORAM: HON‘BLE MR. JUSTICE NAVIN CHAWLA HON‘BLE MR. JUSTICE ANUP JAIRAM BHAMBHANI HON‘BLE MS. JUSTICE RENU BHATNAGAR J U D G M E N T ANUP JAIRAM BHAMBHANI, J. Is a court mandated to stall divorce by mutual consent, thrusting unwilling parties – not into marital bliss, but into a matrimonial abyss? The present reference arises from judgment dated 22.04.2025 rendered by a Division Bench of this court in MAT.APP. (F.C.) No. 111/2025, concerning the timeline prescribed for the presentation of a 2. In light of the divergent opinion that the Division Bench was inclined to express in its judgment dated 22.04.2025, it has formulated specific questions of law and requested Hon‘ble the Chief Justice to pla