Indian cricketer Yuzvendra Chahal and his divorced wife Dhanashree Verma filed a plea with the Bombay High Court on Wednesday. Asking to have the six-month cooling-off period for a divorce order under Section 13B of the Hindu Marriage Act waived.
In addition, single-judge Justice Madhav Jamdar ordered the family court to rule on the divorce case by tomorrow in light of Chahal’s involvement in the forthcoming Indian Premier League (IPL).
“As petitioner 1 (Chahal) is a participant of IPL, learned counsel informs that he may not be available from 21st March, the learned judge family court is requested to decide the petition by tomorrow,” the judge ordered.
Chahal will join his squad for the league starting on March 22. He is a spinner for the Kings XI Punjab IPL side. Because Chahal and Verma had been living apart for more than two and a half years and the terms of the accord reached during mediation between the two parties regarding the payment of alimony were being followed, the Court issued the judgment.
A joint divorce petition cannot be considered by a family court under Section 13B(2) until six months have passed since it was filed. The purpose of the cooling-off period is to investigate potential settlement and reunion options.
However, in 2017, the Supreme Court ruled that if there is no chance of a dispute resolution between the parties, the aforementioned period can be waived. After getting married in December 2020, Chahal and Verma split up in June 2022.
On February 20, the motion to waive the statutory cooling-off period was turned down by the family court. This was due to the fact that the consent requirements, which required Chahal to pay Dhanashree ₹4.75 crore, were only partially followed. The family court noticed that he had paid ₹2.37 crores.
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