A big development has emerged from the divorce case featuring Indian cricketer Yuzvendra Chahal and his wife Dhanashree Verma. According to an order by the Bombay High Court, the couple has bee allowed to waive a 6-month cooling period post-divorce. The honourable court directs family court to decide the divorce plea of cricketer Yuzvendra Chahal and his estranged wife Dhanashree Verma by March 20.
Bar and Bench posted on X (formerly Twitter): Bombay High Court has overturned a Family Court decision that denied the request to waive the statutory cooling-off period for the divorce of cricketer Yuzvendra Chahal and Dhanashree Verma under the Hindu Marriage Act. A bench of Justice Madhav Jamdar has also directed the family court to decide the divorce petition by tomorrow considering Chahal’s participation in the upcoming IPL.
According to Bar and Bench, the couple that got married in December 2020 was living apart since June 2022. Subsequently, a divorce plea was filed before the Family Court, Bandra on February 5, 2025. An application for waiving of the cooling period was also filed along with the petition.
The plea was filed under Section 13B of the Hindu Marriage Act for mutual divorce.
The court, however, on February 20 refused to waive the 6 months statutory cooling period citing partial compliance of a consent term between Chahal and Verma
As per the consent term, Chahal had agreed to pay a permanent alimony of Rs 4 crore 75 lakhs to Verma of which 2 crore 37 lakhs and 55 thousand is already paid. The non-payment of the rest of the amount was seen as non-compliance by the family court.
The court also relied on a family counselor’s report citing non-compliance. However, the Bombay High Court noted that the couple had spent over two and a half years apart and that there was compliance with the consent terms, as it provided for the payment of the remaining amount