VIVEK NAGRATH vs DIVYA GOGLANI

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Judgment reserved on: 15.09.2025 Judgment pronounced on: 09.10.2025 + MAT.APP.(F.C.) 222/2025 VIVEK NAGRATH .....Appellant Through: Mr. Peeyoosh Kalra and Mr. Ashok Kumar Nagrath, Advocates. versus DIVYA GOGLANI .....Respondent Through: Ms. Meghna Nair and Mr. Yashwant Singh Baghel, Advocates. Mr. Prosenjeet Banerjee, Amicus Curiae along with Ms. Anshika Sharma, Advocates. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KSHETARPAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH VAIDYANATHAN SHANKAR JUDGMENT HARISH VAIDYANATHAN SHANKAR, J. 1. The present Appeal is filed under Section 19 of the Family Courts Act, 1984, read with Section 28 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 19551, impugning the Judgment dated 04.10.20242 passed by the learned Principal Judge, Family Court, Saket (District-South), 1 HMA 2 Impugned Judgement Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed MAT.APP.(F.C.) 222/2025 Page 1 of 24 By:HARVINDER KAUR BHATIA Signing Date:10.10.2025 16:28:06 New Delhi3, in HMA No. 1299/2024, wherein both parties were arrayed as Petitioners. 2. By the Impugned Judgment, the learned Family Court dismissed the joint petition filed by the parties herein, Husband and Wife, under Section 7 of the HMA, which sought a decree declaring their alleged marriage dated 30.01.2024 as null and void, along with a declaration that the certificate dated 02.02.2024 issued by the Office of District Magistrate, Shahdara District, Delhi4, and the certificate dated 30.01.2024 issued by the Arya Samaj Mandir Vivah Bandhan Trust (Regd.), Delhi5, are null and void. 3. The principal ground on which the parties sought the relief was that the statutory requirements of Section 7 of the HMA were not satisfied at the time of the alleged marriage, and consequently, no valid marriage subsisted between the par