Supreme Court – Daily Orders
Sanchiya Mohan vs Ramaswamy Prem on 20 April, 2026
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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
CIVIL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION
TRANSFER PETITION(S)(CIVIL) NO(S). 3157/2025
SANCHIYA MOHAN PETITIONER(S)
VERSUS
RAMASWAMY PREM RESPONDENT(S)
O R D E R
1. We are informed by the learned counsel for the parties
that pursuant to the Mediation, parties have amicably resolved
their disputes by agreeing to part ways.
2. The petitioner-wife appeared in-person and respondent-
husband appeared through video conferencing today in Court.
3. The Settlement Agreement dated 08.04.2026 annexed to the
IA No.119493/2026 under Article 142 of the Constitution of
India is in the following terms:-
“AND WHEREAS following extensive discussions and
deliberations, the Parties have entered into a final
settlement on the following terms and conditions:
1. The Parties have agreed that the marriage
between them has irretrievably broken down due to
Signature Not Verified
irreconcilable differences and that it shall not
Digitally signed by
NIRMALA NEGI
Date: 2026.04.23
17:30:16 IST be possible for them to stay together as husband
Reason:and wife. The Parties confirm that they have been
living separately since September 2024. The
Parties have therefore agreed that they shall part
2their ways amicably by seeking a decree of divorce
by mutual consent on the terms and conditions
mentioned in the present Settlement Deed and shall
cooperate with each other in that regard.
2. It is agreed between the Parties that the
Respondent-husband shall pay to the Petitioner-
wife a total sum of Rs. 43,00,000/- (Rupees Forty-
three Lakhs Only) (“the Settlement Amount”)
towards full and final settlement of all claims –
past, present and/or future, including but not
limited to alimony, maintenance, stridhan and/ or
any other claim of whatsoever nature that may have
arisen from the marriage between them. The
Respondent-husband shall also return the articles
including jewels gifted to him at the time of
marriage, as set out in Enclosure – A to this
Settlement Deed. It is also agreed between the
Parties that the Petitioner – wife would retain
all her stridhan including all gold and other
Jewellery given to her at the time of marriage.
3. The Respondent-husband undertakes to return
to the Petitioner-wife all her personal
belongings, articles, clothes and other items as
detailed in Enclosure – A to this Settlement Deed.
The personal articles, except jewellery items
mentioned at serial no.1 in Enclosure-A, shall be
sent to the Petitioner-wife at her hometown at No.
205A, TVK Nagar, Ettupettai Comment, Puthur,
Trichy, Tamil Nadu – 620017, within a period of
two weeks from the date of execution of the
present Settlement Deed, at the cost and expense
of the Respondent-husband. The Petitioner-wife
shall provide written acknowledgment of receipt of
the said articles. Upon receipt of the articles
mentioned in Enclosure – A and the Settlement
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Amount, the Petitioner-wife shall not raise any
further claim against the Respondent-husband and/
or any of his relatives, on any account
whatsoever.
4. Further, the Respondent-husband shall sign an
application form, at the time of execution of the
Settlement Deed, which will be sent in advance by
the Petitioner-wife through her Counsel to the
Respondent-husband through his Counsel, for the
purpose of removing his name as a secondary
account holder from the joint locker containing
the Petitioner-wife’s Stridhan (Jewellery and
other valuables) located at HDFC Bank, Thillai
Nagar, Branch, Trichy.
5. The Parties agree that the dissolution of the
marriage is by mutual consent, without going into
any allegations or counter-allegations, and is not
attributable to any fault, misconduct, or
wrongdoing on the part of either party, and the
present Settlement Deed is entered into without
admission of any liability or fault by either
party.
6. The Parties agree that they shall not make,
publish, communicate, or cause to be communicated
any false, misleading, or defamatory statements
regarding each other to any third party, including
but not limited to friends, relatives, colleagues,
social circles, or on any public or private
platform including social media.
7. In the event that either party makes or
circulates any statement that harms the
reputation, dignity, or character of the other,
the same shall amount to a gross violation and
breach of this Settlement Deed and the decree
passed by the Hon’ble Supreme Court, and the
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aggrieved party shall be at liberty to initiate
appropriate civil and/or criminal proceedings in
accordance with law and seek remedies available
under applicable law.
8. The Parties further agree to maintain mutual
respect and refrain from making allegations or
statements that may damage the reputation,
standing, or personal dignity of each other after
the execution of this Settlement Deed.
9. The aforesaid amount of Rs. 43,00,000/- shall be
paid by way of Demand Draft in favour of the
Petitioner-wife, and the said amount along with the
jewellery as mentioned in Clause 2 above shall be
handed over upon and at the time of granting of the
decree of divorce being granted by the Hon’ble
Supreme Court and upon unconditional withdrawal and
quashing of the Criminal Complaint filed by the
Petitioner-wife.
10. In view of the aforesaid, the Petitioner-wife
shall file an application under Article 142 of the
Constitution of India read with Section 13B of Hindu
Marriage Act, 1955 and the Parties shall jointly
request the Hon’ble Supreme Court to:
a) accept the present Settlement Deed and
to dissolve their marriage by mutual consent
and grant divorce in exercise of its
jurisdiction under Article 142 of the
Constitution of India;
b) quash the Criminal Complaint; and
c) dispose of the captioned Transfer
Petition.
11. In the event that the Hon’ble Supreme Court
relegate the Parties to the Court of competent
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jurisdiction for obtaining decree of divorce, then
the Parties agree that they shall, within 15 days,
move appropriate petition under Section 13 B (1) and
(2) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 jointly before
the Court where the Divorce Petition is pending, for
seeking such divorce by mutual consent, where they
shall appear on the dates fixed by the said Court,
if so required. The expenses of filing the first and
second motion respectively shall be borne by both
Parties equally. The Parties also agree and
undertake that they shall file a joint application
seeking waiver/dispensation of the six months’
period prescribed in sub-section (2) of Section 13B
of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955. In such an event,
the payment of the Settlement Amount and handing
over of the jewellery articles shall be done upon
and at the time of grant of the decree of divorce by
the said Court.
12. Upon the grant of divorce between the Parties,
the Divorce Petition will become infructuous and
will be withdrawn by the Respondent-husband.
13. It is also agreed between the Parties that upon
the execution and implementation of the present
Settlement Deed, the Petitioner-wife shall not claim
any further amount towards past, present or future
maintenance, compensation, alimony, stridhan,
inheritance, transfer of immovable and movable
properties, marriage expenses, medical expenses,
jewellery, expenditure or any other amount, from the
Respondent-husband and/or his family members.
Further, the Respondent-husband will also not claim
any movable properties, amount, gifts from the
Petitioner-wife.
14. The Parties expressly agree that they shall not
initiate any future claims or actions, whether civil
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or criminal, in relation to the issues arising out
of the matrimonial dispute against each other upon
fulfilment of their respective obligations under the
present Settlement Deed.
15. Upon signing the present Settlement Deed, the
Petitioner-wife and Respondent-husband shall not
interfere in the lives of each other in any manner
including personal, oral, written, electronic or
telephonic contact and also will not make any
allegation against each other and/or their
respective family members. All allegations made by
the Parties against each other or against the family
members/relatives of either party shall stand
withdrawn unequivocally upon the signing of the
present Settlement Deed.
16. The present Settlement Deed is effective and
enforceable from the date of its execution and upon
acceptance by the Hon’ble Supreme Court and shall
remain effective and binding and form part of the
decree of divorce by mutual consent.
17. It is agreed between the Parties that they will
strictly adhere to the terms and conditions of this
Settlement Deed and will do all acts necessary for
the expeditious compliance of the same and shall
cooperate with each other and do all acts and sign
all the relevant documents required for the purposes
of obtaining divorce by mutual consent and
expeditious disposal of cases.
18. The Parties agree and undertake to abide by the
present Settlement Deed.
19. The Parties further agree that upon the
execution and acceptance of the present Settlement
Deed, if the Hon’ble Supreme Court does not
quash/dispose of the cases, both Parties shall file
appropriate applications for unconditional
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withdrawal/quashing of the cases filed by them
against each other within fifteen (15) days from the
date of acceptance of the Settlement Deed. It is
specifically agreed between the Parties that they
shall also unconditionally withdraw any other
litigation which may have been instituted by them
and which may not be mentioned in the present
Settlement Deed and which may not be known to either
party and that all such proceedings shall also stand
withdrawn upon signing of the present Settlement
Deed.
20. It is specifically agreed between the Parties
that in case the terms and conditions as stipulated
in the present Settlement Deed are not complied with
by either of the Parties within the time stipulated
in the present Settlement Deed and/or within 30 days
from the notice of such breach as stipulated herein,
the aggrieved party shall be entitled to revive the
respective cases instituted by him/her.
21. This Deed shall be executed in two counterparts
but shall not become effective until each party has
executed and exchanged the executed counterpart.
Each counterpart shall constitute an original of
this Deed, but the counterparts together shall
constitute one and the same document.
22. Both the Parties have entered into this
Settlement Deed, without any force, undue influence
or coercion from any quarter, and both the Parties
shall be estopped in law to assail the validity of
any clause/term of the Settlement on the ground of
the same being void or unlawful. The Settlement Deed
shall be executed by the Parties either by affixing
their physical signatures or through attestation of
digital signatures, copies thereof shall be
exchanged between the Parties through their
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respective Counsel on Record before the Hon’ble
Supreme Court.”
4. Today, in Court Mr. Sandeep Grover, learned counsel for
the respondent has handed over a demand draft dated
16.04.2026 drawn on HDFC Bank for a sum of Rs.43,00,000/-
(Rupees Forty Three Lakhs) towards full and final settlement
of all claims of petitioner-wife. Mr. M. Yogesh Kanna,
learned counsel for the petitioner and the petitioner-
Sanchiya Mohan have duly received the said amount. Three
items of jewellery have also been handed over to the
petitioner-wife. Parties are fully satisfied that the
settlement terms have been implemented.
5. In view of the settlement, CSR No.322/2025 pending with
Government Hospital Police Station Trichy City, Tamil Nadu
shall not be proceeded and shall stand quashed.
6. In view of the order passed by this Court today, Divorce
Petition being Marriage Petition No.145/2025 pending before
the Civil Court Nagpur, Maharashtra shall stand closed.
7. In such circumstances, referred to above, we allow IA
No.119493/2026 and dissolve the marriage between the parties
in exercise of our jurisdiction under Article 142 of the
Constitution of India.
8. Parties undertake to duly abide by the other settlement
terms.
9. The Transfer Petition shall stand disposed of
accordingly.
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10. Pending application(s), if any, shall also stand disposed
of.
……………………………………………………………………….J.
[K.V. VISWANATHAN]
……………………………………………………………………J.
[MANMOHAN]
NEW DELHI;
APRIL 20, 2026.
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ITEM NO.36 COURT NO.16 SECTION XVI-A
S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
Transfer Petition(S)(Civil) No(S). 3157/2025
Sanchiya Mohan Petitioner(S)
Versus
Ramaswamy Prem Respondent(S)
IA No. 289353/2025 – EX-PARTE STAY, IA No.119493/2026-APPN.U/A 142
OF CONSTITUTION
Date : 20-04-2026 This matter was called on for hearing today.
CORAM :
HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE K.V. VISWANATHAN
HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE MANMOHANFor Petitioner(s) Mr. M. Yogesh Kanna, Adv.
Mr. Raghunatha Sethupathy B, AOR
Mr. S. Sabari Bala Pandian, Adv.
Mr. Nayan Nischal, Adv.
For Respondent(s) Mr. Sandeep Grover, Adv.
Mr. Aditya Nayyar, Adv.
Mr. Ishwer Upneja, Adv.
Ms. Tanvi Dubey, AOR
Mr. Yash Dubey, Adv.
Mr. Mekala Ganesh Kumar Reddy, Adv.
UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following
O R D E R
1. IA No.119493/2026 is allowed and the transfer petition is
disposed of in terms of the signed order, which is placed on
the file.
2. Pending application(s), if any, shall also stand disposed
of.
(NIRMALA NEGI) (MANOJ KUMAR) ASTT. REGISTRAR-cum-PS COURT MASTER (NSH)
