Case Law Analysis
|Supreme Court of India
Article 142 | Post-Settlement DV Proceedings Amount to Abuse of Process; SC Grants Divorce on Irretrievable Breakdown
The Supreme Court quashed domestic violence proceedings filed after a ₹89 lakh mediated settlement, ruling that post-settlement litigation constitutes abuse of process. Invoking Article 142, the Court dissolved the marriage on grounds of irretrievable breakdown, even in the absence of statutory divorce grounds, setting a precedent for similar disputes.