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Omar Abdullah-Payal Abdullah divorce case: Delhi HC dismisses former J-K CM's plea

The high court dismissed the appeal, finding it without merit.
01:13 PM Dec 12, 2023 IST | ANI
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New Delhi [India], December 12: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday dismissed the plea filed by former Jammu and Kashmir's Chief Minister Omar Abdullah against a family court order denying him a divorce from his wife Payal Abdullah.

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Delhi's Patiala House Court on August 30, 2016 dismissed his petition seeking divorce on the grounds of cruelty. He filed the plea in 2013.

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They got married In September 1994 but have been living apart since 2009. The couple has two sons.

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The division bench, comprising justices Sanjeev Sachdeva and Vikas Mahajan, upheld the family court order and dismissed the appeal challenging it.

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While dismissing the appeal, the division bench said it found no infirmity in the family court order denying divorce to him.

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The high court also said the allegations of cruelty by Omar Abdullah against Payal are vague.

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The bench noted further that the appellant failed to prove any act of cruelty, whether physical or mental, by Payal Abdullah.

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The high court dismissed the appeal, finding it without merit.

The family court had dismissed his petition, stating that he failed to prove the claims of cruelty or desertion.

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