IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

CIVIL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION

TRANSFER PETITION (C) NO. 91 OF 2008

Aparna Goyal ...Petitioner

Versus

Rakesh Goyal ...Respondent

With

(TP (Crl.) Nos. 183-184 of 2008)

(SLP (Crl.) Nos. 6900-6902 of 2007)

JUDGMENT

Dr. ARIJIT PASAYAT, J

1. Special Leave Petitions Nos.6900-6902 of 2007, TP (Crl.) Nos. 183-

184 of 2008 and TP (Civil) No.91 of 2008 are taken up together.

2. Parties to the dispute i.e. Smt. Aparna Goyal-petitioner (hereinafter

referred to as the `wife') and Rakesh Goyal (hereinafter referred to as the

husband) had appeared at the Supreme Court Lok Adalat held on 6.12.2008.

With the intervention of the mediators the parties agreed to settle their

disputes. It was agreed that the parties (husband and wife) want divorce by

mutual consent and also agreed not to proceed in the pending criminal and

civil disputes. A sum of Rs.10,00,000/- has been agreed to be paid by the

husband to the wife in full and final settlement of her claims relating to the

marriage. A sum of Rs.10 lacs by way of draft drawn in the favour of

Registrar-General of this Court has been presented. The Special Leave

Petitions and Transfer Petition are disposed of on the following terms:

(1) A sum of Rs.10 lacs which has been deposited with the

Registry of this Court be handed over to Smt. Aparna Goyal,

the wife.

(2) In view of the agreement, proceedings in Case No.259/2003

pending before learned Metropolitan Magistrate, New Delhi,

Patiala House Court and Case No.1011/1/2003 filed under

Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (in short

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the `Code') (the aforesaid two cases were filed by Smt. Aparna

Goyal, the wife) and HMA No.37/2006 filed by the husband

seeking divorce pending before District Judge, Muktsar,

Punjab stands disposed of.

3. In HMA No.37/2006 the divorce by mutual consent be passed in

terms of Section 13B(1) and 13B(2) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1956 by

dissolving the marriage between the husband Rakesh and Aparna Goyal, the

wife in terms of this order.

4. The petitions are accordingly disposed of.

..........................................J.

(Dr. ARIJIT PASAYAT)

..........................................J.

(Dr. MUKUNDAKAM SHARMA)

..........................................J.

(H.L. DATTU)

New Delhi,

January 27, 2009