Piyali Dutta Nee Ghosh v. Tapas Kumar Dutta

F.A.T 79 of 2022 with CAN 1 of 2022 + CAN 2 of 2022 08.08.2022 Ct. No. 8 SB In the matter of : Smt. Piyali Dutta Nee Ghosh Mr. Akram Khan Mr. M.R. Karmakar Mr. Y. Mondal ... for the Appellant Mr. Pankaj Halder Mr. Sanatan Panja Ms. Rama Halder Mr. Tapas Manna Mr. A. Haque ... for the respondent Supplementary affidavit disclosing the payment of Rs.10,00,000/- and the decree passed in MAT Suit No. 1640 of 2022 are taken on record.

During the pendency of the appeal the parties have filed an application for mutual divorce for dissolution of marriage under Section 28 of the Special Marriage Act, 1954. Learned District Judge, Barasat dissolved the marriage by a decree of divorce on mutual consent on 21.7.2022. In view of the aforesaid order, the impugned order stands set aside.

We dispose of the appeal by recording that the marriage was solemnized under the Special Marriage Act on 25.1.2010 stands dissolved w.e.f. 21.7.2022.

As the application is disposed of, the Photostat copy of the demand draft of Rs. 5,00,000/- lakhs each aggregating a sum of Rs.10,00,000/- is kept with the record. The original demand drafts are handed over to the appellant / wife in Court today.

The appeal with the connected applications are disposed of.

(Siddhartha Roy Chowdhury, J.) (Soumen Sen, J.)