Supreme Court of India · 2009-01-27
Aparna Goyal vs Rakesh Goyal
- Citation / case number
- AIR 2009 SUPREME COURT 1836
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- Aparna Goyal
- Respondent
- Rakesh Goyal
- Author
- Arijit Pasayat
- Bench
- H.L. Dattu, Mukundakam Sharma, Arijit Pasayat
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court disposed of Special Leave Petitions and Transfer Petitions involving Smt. Aparna Goyal and Rakesh Goyal, where the parties reached a mutual consent agreement for divorce. The Court ordered the payment of Rs.10,00,000 to the wife as full and final settlement of her claims, and dissolved the marriage under Section 13B(1) and 13B(2) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1956. The pending criminal and civil disputes were also settled as part of this agreement.