Supreme Court – Daily Orders
Parul Dixit vs Abhinav Dixit on 22 April, 2026
Author: Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha
Bench: Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha
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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
CIVIL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION
TRANSFER PETITION (C) NO. 2020 OF 2025
PARUL DIXIT Petitioner(s)
VERSUS
ABHINAV DIXIT Respondent(s)
O R D E R
1. The petitioner has filed the petition under Section 25 of
the Code of Civil Procedure before this Court seeking transfer
of the case, details of which are as under:
“Matrimonial Case No. 41/2025 titled as Abhinav
Dixit Vs. Parul from the Family Court at
Mainpuri, Uttar Pradesh to the Family Court at
Dwarka, New Delhi.
2. During the pendency of aforesaid transfer petition, the
parties were referred to the Supreme Court Mediation Centre vide
order dated 09.10.2025. By virtue of the mediation, the parties
have arrived at a settlement and they have decided to part ways
on certain terms and conditions which are delineated in the
settlement agreement dated 12.02.2026 which has been signed by
both the parties, their respective counsel and the Mediator,
copy of which has been filed by the Supreme Court Mediation
Centre.
3. Learned counsels for the parties have filed a joint
Signature Not Verified
application
Digitally signed by
being IA No. 121502 of 2026 with the following
Jayant Kumar Arora
Date: 2026.04.29
16:40:08 IST
prayers:
Reason:
”a. Pass an order taking the Settlement Agreement
dated 12.02.2026 (Annexure A-1) between the parties
2and Affidavit dated 16.04.2026 of Respondent
(Annexure A-3) on record and pass appropriate orders
in terms of the said Settlement Agreement.
b. Pass an Order dissolving the marriage dated
21.06.2014 between the Petitioner Wife, Parul Dixit
and Respondent Husband, Abhinav Dixit;
c. Quash the proceedings listed in para 7 above,
and
d. Pass such other order/s which may be deemed fit
and necessary in the facts and circumstances of this
case.“
4. Further, the terms and conditions and the relevant
paragraphs as set out in Settlement Agreement dated 12.02.2026
are as under:
“SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT
“This SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT is entered into on 12th
February, 2026BETWEEN
Mrs. Parul Dixit (w/o Abhinav Dixit), aged about 36
years, currently residing at Flat No. 256, 1 st Floor,
Netaji Subhash Apartment, Sector 13, Phase 2, Dwarka,
New Delhi 110078 having Aadhaar Card No. 949362168826
who is the Petitioner in T.P.(C) No. 2020 of 2025,
pending before the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India as
on the date of this Agreement, herein referred to as
“FIRST PARTY”, which expression shall include her
successors, administrators, representatives,
assignees, nominees, legal heirs, etc, and assigns of
the first partyAND
Mr. Abhinav Dixit (s/o Chandra Prakash Dixit), aged
about 37 years, R/o Kalhore, Pulbanh, Ghiror, District
Mainpuri, Uttar Pradesh, currently residing in 18th
Floor, Flat No. I-901, Swagat Afford, GIFT City,
Gandhinagar, Gujarat having Aadhaar Card No.
482647033791 who is the Respondent in T.P.(C) No. 2020
of 2025, pending before the Hon’ble Supreme Court of
3India as on the date of this Agreement, herein
referred to as “SECOND PARTY”, which expression shall
include his successors, administrators,
representatives, assignees, nominees, legal heirs,
etc. and assigns of the second party.
WHEREAS the First Party and the Second Party got
married on 21.06.2014 at Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh
according to Hindu Customs, Rites and Ceremonies. The
Parties have three girl children, namely (i) Adhya
(aged 10 years), (ii) Amaya (aged 8 years) and (iii)
Anaya (aged 6 years) who presently reside with the
Second Party and his family at Kalhore, Pulbanh,
Ghiror, District Mainpuri, Uttar Pradesh;
WHEREAS certain disputes and differences arose between
the parties making it impossible for them to live
together as husband and wife and the Parties have been
living separately since 27.07.2024;
AND WHEREAS Second Party filed a petition for divorce
under Section 13 of Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 being
Matrimonial Case No. 41/2025 titled as “Abhinav Dixit
vs. Parul” before Ld. Principal Family Judge, Family
Court, Mainpuri, Uttar Pradesh;
AND WHEREAS First Party filed a transfer petition
being TP(C) 2020/2025 before the Hon’ble Supreme Court
(“Transfer Petition”) seeking transfer of Matrimonial
Case No. 41/2025 from Court of Ld. Principal Family
Judge, Family Court, Mainpuri, Uttar Pradesh to Court
of Ld. Principal Family Judge, Family Court, Dwarka,
South West Delhi, New Delhi;
AND WHEREAS the Hon’ble Supreme Court vide Order dated
09.10.2025 passed in the Transfer Petition referred
the parties to the Supreme Court Mediation Centre for
amicable resolution of the ongoing disputes. Ms.
Shefali Jain, Advocate was appointed as the Ld.
Mediator in the present matter to facilitate the
parties in resolving their disputes. Thereafter
mediation proceedings were held through virtual/
physical mode on 04.11.2025, 17.11.2025, 12.12.2025,
10.01.2026, 31.01.2026, 11.02.2026 and lastly today on
12.02.2026 through physical mode. The Parties along
with their respective counsels have appeared on
several dates and lastly on 12.02.2026 and settled all
their disputes/cases both civil and criminal filed
against each other.
AND WHEREAS various comprehensive mediation sessions
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were held between the Parties and their respective
Counsel(s). The First Party is presently representing
herself through her counsel Mr. Chaitanya, Advocate on
Record along with Ms. Kirtika Goyal, Advocate and the
Second Party was represented through his counsel Mr.
Aviral Kashyap, Advocate on Record along with Mr.
Mithilesh Kumar Pandey, Advocate. The parties, with
the assistance of the Ld. Mediator and the respective
counsel(s), have voluntarily arrived at an amicable
solution resolving the disputes and differences.
The parties agree that the terms of this Settlement
Agreement shall be placed before the Hon’ble Supreme
Court of India in pending Transfer Petition (C) No.
2020 of 2025 so that appropriate orders in terms
hereof can be passed by the Hon’ble Supreme Court.
Both the Parties have voluntarily agreed among
themselves for this Settlement Agreement on the
following terms and conditions:
a) That the parties have amicably resolved their
disputes and have no objection to divorce by mutual
consent as the marriage has irretrievably broken down.
b) Both the Parties will request the Hon’ble Supreme
Court of India to take this Settlement Agreement on
record and jointly pray for dissolution of marriage as
well as disposing of the matter(s) pending between the
Parties including the captioned Transfer Petition, by
making a joint request to the Hon’ble Supreme Court of
India invoking its inherent power under Article 142 of
the Constitution of India, by way of appropriate
Application seeking divorce by mutual consent under
Section 13(B) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 read
with Article 142 of the Constitution of India before
the Hon’ble Supreme Court.
c) The Second Party agrees to transfer the following
as stated hereinafter and the First Party agrees to
accept the following as stated hereinafter towards
full and final settlement of all the claims of the
Second Party arising out of the matrimonial discord
between the Parties including the claims on account of
stridhan, maintenance (past, present and future),
permanent alimony, dowry and marriage expenses etc.:
1. The First Party and Second Party are joint owners
of flat situated at Flat No. 103, Anand Valley
Apartments, Near Teen Imli Chauraha, Indore, Madhya
Pradesh (“Flat”), The Second Party shall transfer his
share in the Flat on or before 07.03.2026 in the name
of the First Party thus giving exclusive ownership
5upon the First Party of the Flat;
ii. The Second Party agrees that as part of this
settlement he shall continue to pay the remaining
complete EMI (including the share of the First Party)
of the Flat even after the transfer of the Flat and
shall complete all payment within a period of 2 years,
freeing the property from all mortgages and
encumbrances;
iii. The Second Party shall return all the jewellery
items of the First Party as stated in Exhibit – A of
this Agreement to the First Party on 12.02.2026 at New
Delhi at the time of signing of this Agreement;
iv. The Second Party shall return all the belongings
of the First Party as stated in Exhibit-B of this
Agreement, except for Blue Santro Car (MP 09 WC 6490)
and Scooty, on or before 07.03.2026 at the Flat and
the cost of transportation from the house of the
Second Party to the Flat shall be borne by the First
Party;
v. The First Party shall transfer the RC of the bike
(MP 12 MN 4501) in the name of Second Party and the
Second Party shall transfer the RC of Scooty and the
Scooty in the name of First Party on or before
07.03.2026:
vi. The Second Party shall return the Blue Santro Car
of the First Party on 12.02.2026 at First Party’s
residence and Scooty on 07.03.2026 at First Party’s
residence at Indore and the cost of transportation
(being petrol and driver cost) of the aforementioned
Car and Scooty from the house of the Second Party to
First Party’s residence shall be borne by the First
Party;
vii. The Second Party shall, on or before 07.03.2026,
liquidate all the shares held in the Demat Account of
the First Party and thereafter close the said Demat
Account. The proceeds realised from the sale of such
shares shall be utilised by the Second Party towards
settlement and discharge of the outstanding Loan
Amount pertaining to the Flat.
viii. Both the parties shall provide written
acknowledgment receipt of all the items received by
them to the other party.
d) Second Party undertakes to remove, on or before
07.03.2026, the personal guarantee/nomination, if and
6where given, in the name of the First Party from all
Banks/Financial Institutions.
e) The Second Party shall retain the custody of all
the three girl children and the First Party shall have
the right to visit, meet and stay with all the three
children during the duration of yearly school winter
vacations where all the three children shall travel to
the First Party’s Mother’s place at H N 8, Pukhraj
Colony Maheshwar Road, Barwaha, Khargone, Madhya
Pradesh to meet and stay with the First Party for the
duration;
f) The First Party is making and shall continue to
contribute in the Sukanya Accounts for her two elder
daughters, namely, Aadhya and Amaya.
g) It is also agreed that the First Party can reach
out to Second Party during adequate school holidays
and the First Party shall have the right to visit,
meet, stay, take on vacation, etc. all the three
children after informing the Second Party and on
children’s convenience;
h) The Second Party agrees to shift all the three
children out of Mainpuri, Uttar Pradesh to a Tier-1
and/or Tier II City for better life and education. All
the decisions regarding the children’s education and
future will be made jointly by both the parties after
mutual discussion and understanding.
i) Both the parties shall have the right to visit
children’s school and attend parent teachers meet as
and when scheduled.
j) Both Parties agree that no photographs of any of
the children along with any person, other than the
First Party, the Second Party, or the immediate family
members of both Parties, shall be clicked or posted on
social media with anyone else.
k) Both parties agree and undertake as on the date of
the signing of the Agreement, they shall have removed
any and all social media posts against each other and
further undertake that, after seeking divorce in terms
of the present Settlement Agreement, they shall not
make any allegations, defamatory or derogatory,
against each other and their respective family members
personally or on any public forum and/or through
social media i.e. whatsapp, facebook, twitter,
instagram etc. or in any other manner whatsoever.
l) Both the Parties unequivocally state that they have
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not filed any case/complaint/proceedings, except for
the Second’s Party Matrimonial Case No. 41/2025,
against each other based on their marital discord or
otherwise. In case any case/complaint/proceedings are
found to be pending before any court/forum/authority,
other than the one mentioned herein, the same shall be
deemed to have been settled in terms of the present
Settlement Agreement and shall be immediately
withdrawn by the filing Party.
m) Furthermore, after the settlement and passing of
the Order by the Hon’ble Supreme Court both the
Parties shall report the Order of the Hon’ble Supreme
Court to the respective Court/Authority in which they
have filed the complaint/case.
n) Both the parties agree and undertake to be bound by
the terms of the present Settlement Agreement. The
parties further agree and undertake that they shall
not resile from the present Settlement Agreement in
future.
0) Both the Parties hereto state that on compliance of
the present Settlement Agreement, they shall not have
any further claims, demands against each other & their
parents, brothers, sisters, and other relatives, and
will not file any litigation both civil or criminal
against one another. It is further agreed that all
their disputes and differences past, present and
future shall be deemed to have amicably been settled
through the process of Mediation.
p) Both the Parties further agree that the
stipulations made herein by way of the agreed terms,
shall be treated as their respective undertakings to
the Hon’ble Court and they shall be held responsible
for the contempt of court under the Contempt of Courts
Act, 1971. Apart from this, the aggrieved Party shall
be free to take action against the defaulting Party
for violation of any term thereof, as available under
law.
q) Both the Parties agree that they have executed the
present Settlement Agreement with their own free will
and desire and without any pressure, fraud, force,
coercion or undue influence by either of the parties
and / or their family members. The Parties also agree
that they have understood the contents of the present
Settlement Agreement as the same have been explained
to them by the Mediator(s) and their respective
counsel, in the presence of each other and they have
consented to the same in its true letter and spirit,
and as such they shall not dispute the same ever in
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future.
r) Both Parties shall not withdraw their consent for
obtaining a divorce by mutual consent till they obtain
a divorce by mutual consent and both the Parties have
surrendered their rights to withdraw their consent for
obtaining a divorce by mutual consent.
s) Both the Parties have signed on this Settlement
Agreement in the presence of the under-mentioned
witnesses, on the date, month, year, and place first
mentioned above.“
5. We have taken the Joint Application and Settlement
Agreement dated 12.02.2026 on record.
6. Having considered the matter in detail and having perused
the Settlement Agreement & Joint Application, which is also
supported by the affidavits of petitioner and respondent, we are
of the view that this is a fit case for exercising power under
Article 142 of the Constitution of India to dissolve the
marriage between the parties. Consequently, the marriage between
the parties which was solemnized on 21.06.2014 stands dissolved
by a decree of divorce by mutual consent.
7. We further direct that the following case pending between
the parties before the court below stands disposed of in terms
of the consent terms recorded in our order :
“Matrimonial Case No. 41/2025 titled as Abhinav
Dixit Vs. Parul pending in the Family Court at
Mainpuri, Uttar Pradesh.”
8. Copy of this order shall be sent to the respective Court as
mentioned in the above Paragraph for follow up action.
9. In view of the above, Transfer Petition and Joint
Application being IA No. 121502 of 2026 are disposed of. The
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Registry will draw a decree in the aforesaid terms.
10. It is further directed that the parties shall abide by the
terms of this settlement implicitly.
11. Pending applications(s), if any, are disposed of.
…………………………………………………………………………J.
[PAMIDIGHANTAM SRI NARASIMHA]
…………………………………………………………………………J.
[ALOK ARADHE]
NEW DELHI;
APRIL 22, 2026
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ITEM NO.7 COURT NO.6 SECTION XI
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). 2020/2025
PARUL DIXIT Petitioner(s)
VERSUS
ABHINAV DIXIT Respondent(s)
IA No. 177361/2025 – EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.
IA No. 177364/2025 – STAY APPLICATION
Date : 22-04-2026 This matter was called on for hearing today.
CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PAMIDIGHANTAM SRI NARASIMHA
HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK ARADHE
For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Chaitanya, AOR
Ms. Kirtika Goyal, Adv.
Mr. Shubhanshu Gupta, Adv.
Mr. Kartik Pant, Adv.
For Respondent(s) : Mr. Aviral Kashyap, AOR
Mr. Mithilesh Kr. Pandey, Adv.
Mr. Arpit Rai, Adv.
Mr. Prabhsharan Singh Mohi, Adv.
Mr. Hritik Yogesh Pandey, Adv.
Mr. Rishu Yogesh Pandey, Adv.
UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following
O R D E R
1. The Transfer Petition is disposed of in terms of the signed
order.
2. Pending interlocutory application(s), if any, is/are disposed
of.
(JAYANT KUMAR ARORA) (NIDHI WASON)
ASTT. REGISTRAR-cum-PS ASSISTANT REGISTRAR
(Signed order is placed on the file)
