SCA/10722/2024

NEUTRAL CITATION C/SCA/10722/2024 JUDGMENT DATED: 06/04/2026 2026:GUJHC:28598-DB IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 10722 of 2024 ========================================================== UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Versus LILAVANTIBEN B. SONEGRA ========================================================== Appearance: MR HARSHEEL D SHUKLA(6158) for the Petitioner(s) No. 1,2,3 MS VILAS A PURANI(9038) for the Respondent(s) No. 1 ========================================================== CORAM:HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.S.SANJAY GOWDA and HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE J. L. ODEDRA Date : 06/04/2026 JUDGMENT (PER : HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.S.SANJAY GOWDA) 1. The father of the respondent was an employee of the railways, who retired on 05.10.1971 on attaining the age of superannuation. 2. Unfortunately, the respondent’s marriage which had been contracted during her father’s lifetime ended in a failure resulting in a customary divorce being entered into between her and her husband. This divorce occurred on 12.10.1978. In other words, during the lifetime of her father, the respondent’s marriage stood dissolved by virtue of the customary divorce. 3. On 07.07.1985, the fa