Indian opener and skipper of Punjab Kings (PBKS) Shikhar Dhawan granted divorce from his wife Ayesha Mukerji on grounds of ‘cruelty by wife’.
Judge Harish Kumar announced the separation after hearing the full situation from both the parties. They were separated after 11 years of marriage and both of them have been living separately since 2020.
Delhi Family Court has accepted all the allegations made by Shikhar Dhawan against his wife in his divorce petition. Dhawan's wife failed to defend herself. pic.twitter.com/VDPHQISSjt
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In the verdict given by Judge Harish Kumar it states, “There is no dispute that both parties had agreed to take divorce by mutual consent and that their marriage is otherwise dead long ago and have not been living as husband and wife since August 8, 2020.
Respondents/estranged wife intentional decision to leave this matter uncontested also shows her desire that the court should pas decree of divorce even at the cost of holding her guilty of the matrimonial offense as she knows that no harm could be caused to her even if she is held to have treated the petitioner with cruelty because she has already obtained sufficient favourable orders from the Federal Circuit and family court in Australia.
This thought of her gave her the courage to not abide by the order dated March 2, 2023 and June 6, 2023 of this court deliberately and intentionally. Hence the facts and circumstances of the present case as discussed above petitioners are entitled to a decree of divorce on the grounds of cruelty.”