Divorce Granted After 18-Year Separation, Foreign Decree Set Aside in NRI Couple Dispute: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court delivered a landmark judgment addressing the validity of foreign divorce decrees and irretrievable breakdown of marriage. In the case titled Kishorekumar Mohan Kale VERSUS Kashmira Kale, the Court dissolved the marriage of an NRI couple after nearly 18 years of separation and clarified that a divorce granted by a foreign court is not automatically valid under Indian law. Background of the marriage The parties were married on…