APHC010255472024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI FRIDAY, THE TWENTY SIXTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE NINALA JAYASURYA AND THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE TUHIN KUMAR GEDELA I.A. Nos.1 and 2 of 2025 IN/AND CIVIL MISCELLANEOUS APPEAL No.412 OF 2024 Between: Puli @ Putluri Lakshmi, W/o. Puli Chenna Reddy, D/o. Putluri Srinivasa Reddy, Aged about 29 years, Occ Housewife, R/o. H.No.12-2-151, 10th Ward, Near Veterinary Hospital, Macherla Town, Palnadu District. ...Appellant AND Puli Chenna Reddy, S/o. Koti Reddy, Aged about 41 years, Occ Accountant in SR Hatcheries, R/o. D.No.1-18, Sanjay Nagar, 0pp. to Kakatiya Techno School, Malkajigiri, Hyderabad-500047. ...Respondent Counsel for the Petitioner : Mr.P.S.P. Suresh Kumar Counsel for the Respondent : Mr.Siva Nagarjuna Sidhadapu The Court made the following JUDGMENT: (per Hon’ble NJS,J) I.A. No.2 of 2025 (Permission Petition) Heard learned counsel for the petitioner/appellant. Considering the submissions made and in the light of the statement made by the petitioner and the respondent, who are present before the Court, that they may be granted decree of divorce by mutual consent under Section 13-B of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, as they have entered into compromise 2 CMA_412_2024 and the terms of which are reduced into writing by way of joint memo dated 16.9.2025, I.A. No.2 of 2025 is allowed. I.A. No.1 of 2025 (Compromise Petition) 2. I.A. No.1 of 2025 is filed seeking to record the compromise entered into between the petitioner and the respondent, the terms of which are reduced into writing by way of joint memo dated 16.9.2025 and consequently to grant decree of divorce by dissolving the marriage solemnized between the petitioner and the respondent on 05.5.2011. 3. The appellant herein filed H.M.O.P. No.57 of 2022 under Sections 13(1) (ia), (ib) of the Hindu Marriage Act to dissolve the marriage solemnized with the respondent by granting decree of divorce. The learned Senior Civil Judge, Gurazala dismissed the said O.P., by order and decree dated 25.3.2024. Aggrieved by the same, the present appeal is filed. 4. During the pendency of the appeal, the appellant filed I.A. No.2 of 2025 seeking to grant decree of divorce by mutual consent under Section 13B of the Hindu Marriage Act and the same is allowed, as mentioned in paragraph No.1 above. 5. The petitioner/wife and the respondent/husband appeared before this Court and they are identified by their respective counsel. They state that they have entered into compromise, the terms of which are reduced into writing by way of joint memo dated 16.9.2025 and the same is annexed to I.A. No.1 of 2025. 6. To a specific query, the petitioner/wife asserted that she entered into compromise and signed the joint memo dated 16.9.2025 voluntarily and there is no coercion or compulsion by anybody. 3 CMA_412_2024 7. In the light of the compromise entered into between the parties, the marriage solemnized between the petitioner and the respondent on 05.5.2011 is dissolved under Section 13-B of the Hindu Marriage Act, by setting aside the order and decree dated 25.3.2024 in H.M.O.P. No.57 of 2022. Accordingly, I.A. No.1 of 2025 is allowed. C.M.A. No.412 of 2024 8. In the light of the orders passed in I.A. Nos.1 and 2 of 2025, the C.M.A. is disposed of, as compromised, granting decree of divorce by mutual consent under Section 13-B of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 by dissolving the marriage solemnized on 05.5.2011 between the petitioner/wife and the respondent/husband. No order as to costs. Miscellaneous petitions pending, if any, shall stand closed. 9. Registry to annex a copy of the joint memo of compromise filed along with I.A. No.1 of 2025 to the judgment. ____________________ NINALA JAYASURYA,J _____________________ TUHIN KUMAR GEDELA,J September 26, 2025 vasu