Name of the Case: Shivangi Bansal v. Sahib Bansal
Citation: 2025 INSC 883
Hon’ble Supreme Court’s Bench: Justice BR Gavai and Justice AG Masih
Date: 22.07.2025
In a recent judgment, the Hon’ble Supreme Court exercised powers under Article 142 and dissolved the marriage between the parties while quashing all ongoing and related civil or criminal cases between the parties and their families. The judgment further mandated the transfer of certain property from the wife’s family to the husband, an unconditional public apology from the wife and her parents to the husband’s family, and imposed strict prohibitions on initiating any fresh legal proceedings or engaging in defamatory conduct, with any breach declared punishable as contempt of court
Notably, the Hon’ble Supreme Court affirmed that the Family Welfare Committee (FWC) guidelines framed by Hon’ble Allahabad High Court in its 2017 judgment that was originally set aside by a 3-judge Hon’ble Supreme Court bench in 2018 “shall remain in effect and be implemented by the appropriate authorities” for safeguard against misuse of Section 498A IPC. This is significant, as the present division bench has effectively validated the FWC mechanism once again despite the precedent to the contrary, potentially reopening their use in assessing 498A complaints nationwide1.
- https://api.sci.gov.in/supremecourt/2023/35609/35609_2023_11_1502_62486_Judgement_22-Jul-2025.pdf ↩︎
