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2026 DAILYLAW 6906 (UTT)

ANKUSH UPADHYAYA v. TANISHKA SHARMA

CRLR/387/2026 · 2026-06-15

Alok Mahra

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2026:UHC:4839 SL. No. Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS CRLR No.387 of 2026 Hon’ble Alok Mahra, J. Mr. Gaurav Singh, learned counsel for the revisionist. 2. Mr. Susheel Kumar, learned counsel for respondent. 3. By means of the present criminal revision, preferred under Sections 438/442 of the B.N.S.S., the revisionist has challenged the order dated 28.04.2026 passed by the learned Principal Judge, Family Court, Haridwar in Misc. Case No. 289 of 2025, arising out of proceedings under Section 144 of the B.N.S.S., whereby the learned Family Court has partly allowed the application for interim maintenance and directed the revisionist to pay a sum of ₹7,000/- per month to the respondent-wife from the date of filing of the application. 4. On the request of the learned counsel for the parties and considering the nature of the dispute, which emanates from matrimonial discord, the parties were referred to mediation in an endeavour to explore the possibility of an amicable settlement. Accordingly, in the forenoon session, the parties were sent to the Mediation Centre attached to this Court. 5. In the post-lunch session, the report of the Mediator has been 2026:UHC:4839 received, wherein it has been recorded that the mediation proceedings have concluded successfully and that the parties have voluntarily arrived at a comprehensive settlement without any force, fraud, undue influence or coercion. As per the terms and conditions of the settlement, the parties have agreed to dissolve their marriage by mutual consent by instituting appropriate proceedings under Section 27 of the Uniform Civil Code, Uttarakhand. It has further been agreed that the revisionist shall pay a sum of ₹1,00,000/- (Rupees One Lakh only) to the respondent-wife towards permanent alimony and full and final settlement of all her past, present and future claims. 6. It has also been agreed that out of the aforesaid amount, a sum of ₹50,000/- shall be paid by the revisionist to the respondent-wife at the time of the first motion proceedings and the remaining sum of ₹50,000/- shall be paid at the time of the second motion proceedings under Section 27 of the Uniform Civil Code, Uttarakhand. The parties have further agreed to withdraw all civil and criminal proceedings, complaints and cases instituted by them against each other before different legal forums, in accordance with law. 7. The respondent-wife, who is present in person before this Court, 2026:UHC:4839 upon being interacted with, has categorically stated that she has entered into the aforesaid settlement of her own free will and volition and that the terms thereof are acceptable to her. 8. In view of the amicable settlement arrived at between the parties, the dispute involved in the present revision no longer survives for adjudication. Accordingly, the present criminal revision is disposed of in terms of the settlement arrived at between the parties. The settlement agreement shall form an integral part of this order. 9. Consequently, the order dated 28.04.2026 passed by the learned Principal Judge, Family Court, Haridwar in Misc. Case No. 289 of 2025, under Section 144 of the B.N.S.S. is hereby set aside, subject to the parties faithfully adhering to the terms and conditions of the settlement and performing their respective obligations thereunder. (Alok Mahra, J.) 15.06.2026 Mamta