Top court stresses maintenance and possibility of reconciliation in long-pending marital dispute, signalling that prolonged separation alone may not automatically lead to divorce under law.
Living separately from Vijay, she has filed the divorce petition before the Chengalpattu District Court, seeking annulment of the marriage under Sections 27(1) (a), (b), (d) read with Sections 36 and 37 of the Special Marriage Act (1954).
The family of the deceased claimed that he was not on good terms with his wife, who he married in 2016.
The top court declined to entertain the submission of the wife, who emphasized consent by both the parties before dissolving the marriage.
