The Supreme Court of India, in a judgment delivered on November 13, 2025, has upheld a decree of divorce granted to a respondent-husband, citing the fact that the parties had been living separately for nearly seventeen years and that no matrimonial bond remained.

While affirming the concurrent findings of the Rajasthan High Court and the Family Court on the issue of divorce, a bench comprising Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta directed the respondent-husband to pay a sum of ₹50,00,000/- (Rupees Fifty Lakhs only) as a one-time permanent alimony to the appellant-wife.

The appeals (arising out of SLP (C) Nos. 19120-19121 of 2023) were filed by the appellant-wife, challenging the Rajasthan High Court’s order dated 27th March 2023, which had dismissed her appeals against the Fam

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