- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:49451-DB MFA No. 8567 of 2023 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 27TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2025 PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JAYANT BANERJI AND THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K. V. ARAVIND MISCELLANEOUS FIRST APPEAL NO. 8567 OF 2023 (FC) BETWEEN: K. RAVIRAJ, S/O K.KOTTRAPPA, AGED ABOUT 37 YEARS, R/O NEAR MURARJI DESAI SCHOOL, KONDAJJI VILLAGE, HARIHAR TALUK, DAVANAGERE DISTRICT-577 001. …APPELLANT (BY SRI.G.J.SUNKAPUR. ADVOCATE) AND: SMT. PAVITHRA, W/O K.RAVIRAJ, AGED ABOUT 25 YEARS, R/O NEAR MURARJI DESAI SCHOOL, KONDAJJI VILLAGE, HARIHAR TALUK, DAVANAGERE DISTRICT-577 001. …RESPONDENT (BY SMT.SHRUTHI.S.P. ADVOCATE) Digitally signed by K G RENUKAMBA Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:49451-DB MFA No. 8567 of 2023 THIS MFA IS FILED U/S.19(1) OF FAMILY COURT ACT, AGAINST THE JUDGMENT AND DECREE DATED 08.11.2023 PASSED IN MC NO.68/2021 ON THE FILE OF THE JUDGE, FAMILY COURT, DAVANAGERE, DISMISSING THE PETITION FILED U/S.13(1)(i-a)(i-b) OF HINDU MARRIAGE ACT. THIS APPEAL, COMING ON FOR ADMISSION, THIS DAY, JUDGMENT WAS DELIVERED THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JAYANT BANERJI AND HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K. V. ARAVIND ORAL JUDGMENT (PER: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JAYANT BANERJI) Placed before us is a joint memo for settlement, filed today in Court, which is supported by the affidavits of the parties which records terms and conditions of the settlement. An application under Section 13B of the Hindu Marriage Act, 19551 has also been filed today in Court, seeking grant of decree of divorce by mutual consent between the parties in view of the aforesaid joint memo for settlement. 1 HM Act - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:49451-DB MFA No. 8567 of 2023 2. The application is signed by both the parties as well as their respective learned counsel and joint affidavit of the parties is also filed along with the aforesaid application. Both the aforesaid application and the joint memo for settlement are accepted on record. The parties are present in Court and have been identified by their respective learned counsel. The parties admit that they have signed the aforesaid joint memo of settlement along with the two affidavits as well as application under Section 13B of the HM Act along with the joint affidavit. They state that there exists no further dispute between the parties in view of the settlement entered into between them today, which has been recorded in the joint memo for settlement. 3. We have perused the joint memo for settlement and find that the parties have sought to resolve all the disputes between them. In the joint memo of settlement they had also agreed to seek to dissolve their marriage by mutual consent hence the aforesaid application under Section 13B of HM Act has been filed. - 4 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:49451-DB MFA No. 8567 of 2023 4. In view of the aforesaid, the application under Section 13B of the HM Act is allowed and the marriage between the parties is dissolved. 5. Decree shall be issued accordingly. 6. The terms and conditions mentioned in the joint memo of settlement shall form part of the decree. The MFA accordingly stands disposed of. Sd/- (JAYANT BANERJI) JUDGE Sd/- (K. V. ARAVIND) JUDGE BVK List No.: 1 Sl No.: 7