Bombay High Court

AMOL TUKARAM KHEDKAR AND OTHERSversusSOU.RENUKA AMOL KHEDKAR AND ANR

Disposal: Disposed Off

Holding

The revision application is disposed of as infructuous due to the parties' settlement and mutual consent divorce.

Summary

The husband (Applicant) and wife (Respondent) reached a mutual consent divorce settlement, agreeing that the earlier maintenance and compensation order dated 14 September 2022 was no longer applicable. The Applicant, through counsel, moved the Criminal Revision Application to have the order set aside, arguing that the case had become infructuous. The Court examined the settlement and found that the parties’ agreement rendered the pending revision moot. Consequently, the Court disposed of the Criminal Revision Application and all related pending applications. The decision effectively nullified the maintenance and compensation obligations previously imposed on the husband.

Issues considered

Whether a criminal revision application can be dismissed on the ground that the parties have settled and agreed to a mutual consent divorce, rendering the earlier maintenance and compensation order infructuous.

Subjects

divorce
mutual consent
maintenance
criminal revision
settlement
order set aside

Judgment

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                        IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                                 CIRCUIT BENCH AT KOLHAPUR
                               CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

                          CR. REVISION APPLN. (STAMP) NO. 6631 OF 2024
                                             WITH
                           CRI-INTERIM APPLICATION NO. 1418 OF 2024
                                               IN
                            CR. REVISION APPLN. ST NO. 6631 OF 2024

              Amol Tukaram Khedkar & Others                   ....Applicants
                    Vs.
              Sou. Renuka Amol Khedkar & Anr                 ....Respondents


              Ms. Suvarna Yadav, Advocate for the Applicants
              Mr. S. N. Savant, Advocate for Respondent No. 1
              Mr. Avinash A. Naik, APP for the State
              Mr. Amol Khedkar, Applicant present in person
              Ms. Renuka Amol Khedkar, Respondent No. 1 present in person

                                       CORAM : RAJESH S. PATIL, J.
                                       DATE : 20 AUGUST 2026

              P. C. :

              1.        Learned counsel Ms. Yadav appearing for the Applicant-
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              husband, on instructions from his client, who is present in the Court
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              submits that there is settlement between the parties and they have
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              agreed for a divorce by mutual consent.

              2.        In view of above, she submits that the present Criminal

              Revision Application challenging the order dated 14 September 2022

              passed by Additional Sessions Judge, Kolhapur partly allowing



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Criminal Appeal No. 87 of 2018 directing Applicant No. 1-husband

to pay Rs.5,000/- per month to the Respondent-wife towards

maintenance with arrears and to pay further amount of Rs.50,000/-

towards compensation has become infructuous.

3.   On the statement made by Ms. Yadav on behalf of the

Applicant-husband, this Criminal Revision Application stands

disposed of.

4.   In view of disposal of Criminal Revision Application, all

pending Applications stand disposed of accordingly.



                                          [RAJESH S. PATIL, J.]




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