Yuzvendra Chahal and Dhanashree Verma Officially Divorce, Confirms Lawyer

Yuzvendra Chahal and Dhanashree Verma Officially Divorce, Confirms Lawyer: Yuzvendra Chahal and Dhanashree Verma's divorce is finally done, ending their marriage. Chahal's lawyer stated to The Indian Express, "The divorce is done, and the marriage has been dissolved," confirming that the Bandra family court in Mumbai held the final proceedings on Thursday (March 20), which included the side meetings between both families.

Bar and Bench reported on March 19 that as per the consent terms, Chahal has agreed to pay Verma permanent alimony worth Rs 4.75 crore, of which Rs 2.37 crore has already been paid to the choreographer, and hence the family court has taken the view that the non-payment of the remainder contravenes the settlement.

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“The court has granted the decree of divorce,” Advocate Nitin Kumar Gupta (Chahal's lawyer) told ANI after the ruling.

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“The parties are now divorced. The parties’ joint petition for mutual consent has been accepted by the court. The parties are no longer husband and wife,” he added.

"The family court has accepted the joint petition filed by Chahal and Verma seeking divorce by mutual consent," Gupta said.

How it began to how it ended?

A divorce petition submitted by the couple was presented before the court on Monday. Through that petition, they claim to have separated in June 2022. Both were opposed to the divorce on the basis of mutual consent, submitting a joint petition before the family court on February 5.

On Wednesday, the Bombay High Court ordered the family court to decide upon the matter of divorce, taking into account the possibility of Chahal's absence from the proceedings due to his commitment to the Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket tournament.

The IPL T20 cricket tournament will begin on March 22. Chahal plays for the Punjab Kings.

The HC also waived the six-month cooling period required for each couple after filing for divorce under the Hindu Marriage Act.

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The cricketer and Verma had filed a joint petition before the HC, seeking that the cooling-off period be waived in their case since both have sought a divorce by mutual consent.

The petition filed through advocate Nitin Gupta had also prayed for a direction to the family court to decide the divorce petition expeditiously.

They appealed against the family court's February 20 decision refusing to allow the cooling-off period to lapse.

According to the Act, a couple must undergo a six-month cooling-off period before a divorce can be granted, meant for the purpose of reconciliation.

The family court refused to waive the cooling-off period on the holding that there was only partial compliance with the consent terms which required Chahal to pay Rs 4.75 crore to Dhanashree.

It noted that he had paid Rs 2.37 crore and cited the marriage counsellor's report that said mediation efforts were only partly successful. However, the high court on Wednesday ruled that there was compliance with the consent terms because they required the payment of the second instalment of the permanent alimony after the decree of divorce was obtained.

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