Omar Abdullah Divorce Case: Supreme Court Asks National Conference Leader, His Estranged Wife To Go for Mediation
he Supreme Court on Friday asked former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and his estranged wife to appear before the top court mediation centre at the top court in regard to settlement between the parties.
New Delhi, August 30: The Supreme Court on Friday asked former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and his estranged wife to appear before the top court mediation centre at the top court in regard to settlement between the parties. The matter was listed before the bench of Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and Ahsanuddin Amanullah. Let the party work out for mediation, the top court said and asked the party to appear before the apex court mediation centre.
Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal appeared for Omar Abdullah while Senior Advocate Shyam Diwan appeared for his estranged wife and both of them suggested for mediation. The top court said that an attempt can be taken for a settlement though it understands some marriages are not fixable. Omar Abdullah has challenged the Delhi High Court order December 12 2023 order which dismissed his plea against a family court order denying him divorce from his estranged wife. Omar Abdullah Divorce Case: National Conference Leader Unable To Prove Wife Treated Him With Cruelty, Denied Divorce by Delhi High Court.
Delhi's Patiala House Court on August 30, 2016, dismissed his petition seeking divorce on the grounds of cruelty. He filed the plea in 2013. They got married in September 1994 but have been living apart since 2009. The couple has two sons. While dismissing the appeal, the division bench of the Delhi High Court said it found no infirmity in the family court order denying divorce to him. The high court also said the allegations of cruelty by Omar Abdullah against his wife are vague. Sachin Pilot-Sara Abdullah Divorce Confirmed as Election Affidavit Shows Congress Leader as 'Divorced'.
The bench noted further that the appellant failed to prove any act of cruelty, whether physical or mental, by his estranged wife. The high court dismissed the appeal, finding it without merit. The family court had dismissed his petition, stating that he failed to prove the claims of cruelty or desertion.
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