Jun 02, 2025 07:21 PM IST

Delhi court docket initiates motion in opposition to lady for hiding information over divorce

New Delhi, A Delhi court docket has initiated felony proceedings in opposition to a girl for allegedly concealing the truth that she acquired 10 lakh throughout her divorce settlement and stated any misuse of the regulation meant for girls’s safety needed to be nipped within the bud.

Delhi court docket initiates motion in opposition to lady for hiding information over divorce

Judicial Magistrate Anam Rais Khan was listening to a felony grievance case filed by the lady.

In an order dated April 25, made obtainable lately, the court docket stated, “Complainant has admitted that all the disputes between the parties were already settled before the family court of southeast district and the first motion of divorce by mutual consent was passed on November 22, 2022, pursuant to which, the complainant received a sum of 10 lakh, out of the total settlement amount of 19 lakh…”

The estranged husband was keen to pay the excellent quantity, however these essential information have been hid by the complainant within the current petition, it famous.

“Complainant has also admitted to having already utilised the part-settlement amount of 10 lakh and deliberately did not appear for recording of her statement for the second motion of divorce by mutual consent before the family court,” the court docket stated.

The lady, the court docket stated, derived profit from the settlement with the estranged husband with out honouring the phrases of the settlement.

“In a nutshell, respondent 1 , despite paying 10 lakh, is standing on the same footing, and the present case was filed after receiving the said amount,” the order stated.

The verdict discovered a prima facie violation of the household court docket’s order and the enterprise given by the lady on oath to the household court docket apart from an “attempt to deceive the present court” by submitting the petition with out mentioning the settlement arrived at.

“This also amounts to filing of false affidavit before this court by active concealment of material facts and is a sheer abuse of process of law and misuse of provisions enacted for the protection of women. Such conduct cannot be left unchecked and has to be nipped in the bud,” the court docket stated.

Directing that separate proceedings be initiated in opposition to her underneath Code of Criminal Procedure Sections 340 and 195 , the court docket sought her response.

Section 195 of the CrPC offers with offences in opposition to public justice and offences regarding paperwork produced in court docket whereas Section 340 outlines the process when a court docket believes that an inquiry ought to be made into an offence associated to proceedings in that court docket.

The court docket then posted the matter on June 30.

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