Anurag Vijaykumar Goel vs State of Maharashtra 2025 INSC 926 -Permanent Alimony
Indian Penal Code 1860 - Section 498A - SC noted that crime was registered against the appellant inter-alia under Section 498- A are common-place, banal and vague, without any specific instances mentioned and filed one year after the admitted separation of the couple- but for marital squabbles blown out of proportion there is nothing substantial in the complainant leading to the registration of crime under Section 498A. (Para 13-14)
Permanent Alimony - While dissolving marriage, SC observed: The alimony received by the respondent(wife) on the dissolution of her first marriage is not a relevant consideration. But the appellant-husband’s responsibility to look after an autistic child and his current financial status are relevant considerations.
Case Info
Case Name and Neutral Citation
- Case Name: Anurag Vijaykumar Goel v. State of Maharashtra & Anr.
- Neutral Citation: 2025 INSC 926
Coram (Judges)
- Justice B.R. Gavai
- Justice K. Vinod Chandran
- Justice N. V. Anjaria
Judgment Date
- Date: August 5, 2025
Caselaws and Citations Referred
- Shilpa Sailesh v. Varun Sreenivasan
- Citation: (2023) 14 SCC 231
- Referred for the principle of granting divorce on the ground of irretrievable breakdown of marriage under Article 142 of the Constitution of India.
- State of Haryana v. Bhajan Lal
- Citation: 1992 Supp. (1) SCC 335
- Referred for the principles regarding the exercise of powers under Section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code (Cr.P.C.) for quashing criminal proceedings.
Statutes/Laws Referred
- Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC)
- Section 498-A (Cruelty by husband or relatives of husband)
- Section 406 (Criminal breach of trust)
- Section 34 (Acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention)
- Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (Cr.P.C.)
- Section 482 (Saving of inherent powers of High Court)
- Hindu Marriage Act, 1955
- Section 13B (Divorce by mutual consent)
- Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005
- Constitution of India
- Article 142 (Enforcement of decrees and orders of Supreme Court and orders as to discovery, etc.)