The Bombay Excessive Court docket waived the obligatory six-month cooling off interval post-filing of divorce plea by cricketer Yuzvendra Chahal and his estranged spouse Dhanashree Verma
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The Bombay Excessive Court docket on Wednesday (March 19, 2025) waived the obligatory six-month cooling off interval post-filing of divorce plea by cricketer Yuzvendra Chahal and his estranged spouse Dhanashree Verma, and directed the household courtroom to determine their divorce plea by Thursday (March 20, 2025).
A single bench of Justice Madhav Jamdar mentioned Chahal wouldn’t be obtainable from March 21 as he has to take part within the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket match.
The cricketer and Verma had filed a divorce plea in a household courtroom right here on February 5 this yr. That they had submitted a petition mutually in search of for the cooling off interval be waived as their divorce was by mutual consent.
Nevertheless, the household courtroom on February 20 refused to waive the identical. The duo then challenged the household courtroom’s order within the excessive courtroom.
Underneath the Hindu Marriage Act, each couple has to endure the six-month cooling-off interval earlier than they’re granted divorce.
Justice Jamdar of the excessive courtroom allowed the petition.
“Because the petitioner No 1 (Chahal) is a participant of IPL, the advocate informs that he will not be obtainable submit March 21. The household courtroom is therefore requested to determine their divorce plea by tomorrow (March 20),” HC mentioned.
Chahal is a part of the Punjab Kings group for the IPL cricket match that’s scheduled to start out on March 22.
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