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Yuzvendra Chahal and Dhanashree Verma have filed for divorce© X (Twitter)
The Bombay Excessive Court docket on Wednesday waived the obligatory six-month cooling off interval submit submitting of divorce plea by cricketer Yuzvendra Chahal and his estranged spouse Dhanashree Verma, and directed the household courtroom to resolve their divorce plea by Thursday. A single bench of Justice Madhav Jamdar mentioned Chahal wouldn’t be out there from March 21 as he has to take part within the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket match. The cricketer and Verma had filed a divorce plea in a household courtroom right here on February 5 this 12 months. That they had submitted a petition mutually searching for for the cooling off interval be waived as their divorce was by mutual consent.
Nonetheless, the household courtroom on February 20 refused to waive the identical. The duo then challenged the household courtroom’s order within the excessive courtroom.
Underneath the Hindu Marriage Act, each couple has to bear the six-month cooling-off interval earlier than they’re granted divorce.
Justice Jamdar of the excessive courtroom allowed the petition.
“As the petitioner No 1 (Chahal) is a participant of IPL, the advocate informs that he may not be available post March 21. The family court is hence requested to decide their divorce plea by tomorrow (March 20),” HC mentioned.
Chahal is a part of the Punjab Kings crew for the IPL cricket match that’s scheduled to start out on March 22.
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