- 1 - NC: 2025:KHC:1055-DB MFA No. 7065/2021 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 10TH DAY OF JANUARY, 2025 PRESENT THE HON'BLE MRS JUSTICE K.S.MUDAGAL AND THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.M. POONACHA MISCELLANEOUS FIRST APPEAL NO. 7065/2021 (FC) BETWEEN: SRI. PAWAN KUMAR T.S. AGED ABOUT 36 YEARS S/O LATE T R SRINIVASAN R/AT 122, 7TH MAIN, 21ST CROSS BTM LAYOUT, 2ND STAGE, BENGALURU - 560 076 …APPELLANT (BY SMT. SUSHEELA S, SENIOR COUNSEL FOR SRI. SOMANATHA H, ADVOCATE) AND: SMT. RASHMI M (DEEPA) AGED ABOUT 30 YEARS W/O SRI PAWAN KUMAR T.S., D/O MANJUNATH M.S., R/AT 19/64, 5TH MAIN, 5TH CROSS, BULL TEMPLE ROAD, N R COLONY BENGALURU - 560 019 AND C/O COGZY TECHNOLOGY PVT LTD., NO.1563, 3RD FLOOR, 8TH CROSS OPPOSITE BMTC BUS STOP CHANDRA LAYOUT BENGALURU - 560 040 …RESPONDENT (BY SRI. LINGARAJ S SARAPUR, ADVOCATE FOR C/RESPONDENT) Digitally signed by K S RENUKAMBA Location: High Court of Karnataka - 2 - NC: 2025:KHC:1055-DB MFA No. 7065/2021 THIS MFA IS FILED U/S 19(1) OF FAMILY COURTS ACT AGAINST THE JUDGMENT AND DECREE DATED 28.09.2021 PASSED IN MC NO. 6275/2017 ON THE FILE OF THE II ADDITIONAL PRL. JUDGE, FAMILY COURT, BENGALURU, DISMISSING THE PETITION FILED UNDER SECTION 13(1)(i)(a) OF THE HINDU MARRIAGE ACT, 1955 AND ETC. THIS APPEAL, COMING ON FOR FINAL HEARING, THIS DAY, JUDGMENT WAS DELIVERED THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MRS JUSTICE K.S.MUDAGAL and HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.M. POONACHA ORAL JUDGMENT (PER: HON'BLE MRS JUSTICE K.S.MUDAGAL) Smt. Susheela S., learned Senior Counsel appears for Sri.Somanath H., learned counsel for the appellant and Sri Lingaraj S. Sarapur, learned counsel appears for the respondent. 2. The parties are duly identified by their respective advocates on record. 3. The parties submit the compromise petition under Order XXIII Rule 3 of Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 r/w Section 13B of the Hindu Marriage Act. - 3 - NC: 2025:KHC:1055-DB MFA No. 7065/2021 4. Heard the parties on the compromise petition. Both the parties admit voluntary execution of the compromise petition and terms of the same. 5. Respondent admits the terms of the compromise petition, that she has agreed for dissolution of marriage on receiving a sum of `23 lakhs as permanent alimony and she has agreed to withdraw all the cases filed against the appellant- husband. The appellant also submits that he has agreed to withdraw the case/s filed against the respondent-wife and for dissolution of marriage. 6. Parties submit that they are staying separately from 29.10.2017. Therefore, the requirement of Section 13B of the Act that the parties should be living separately since one year prior to the presentation of the petition is already satisfied. Satisfied that the compromise is voluntary and admissible under law. Therefore, recording the same, Court passes the following : ORDER i) The appeal is allowed. - 4 - NC: 2025:KHC:1055-DB MFA No. 7065/2021 ii) Impugned Judgment is hereby set aside. iii. M.C. No.6275/2017 on the file of II Additional Principal Judge, Family Court, Bengaluru is allowed in terms of the compromise petition. iv. The marriage of the petitioner and the respondent solemnized on 23.11.2016 at Sri Ragigudda Shri Prasanna Anjaneyaswamy Charitable Trust, Jayanagar, 9th Block, Bengaluru is hereby dissolved. Draw Decree in terms of the compromise petition. Sd/- (K.S.MUDAGAL) JUDGE Sd/- (C.M. POONACHA) JUDGE BS List No.: 1 Sl No.: 40