1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE JURISDICTION FAMILY COURT APPEAL NO. 69 OF 2000 IN PETITION NO. B-57 OF 1996 WITH CIVIL APPLICATION NOS. 34/2002 & 35/2002 IN F.C.A.NO. 69 OF 2000 Mrs. Harini Navin Chokshi ... Appellant. (Org.Petitioner) V/s. Navin Chandrakant Chokshi ...Respondent. (Org.Respondent) --- WITH FAMILY COURT APPEAL NO. 76 OF 2002 Mrs. Harini Navin Chokshi ... Appellant. (Org.Petitioner) V/s. Navin Chandrakant Chokshi ...Respondent. (Org.Respondent) --- Smt. S.S.Gokhale for the Appellants in both the Appeals. Shri Navin C. Chokshi, the Respondent in-person in both the Appeals. --- CORAM : A.M. KHANWILKAR AND A. A. SAYED , JJ. DATED : 7TH JUNE, 2010. P.C. 1. After hearing learned counsel for the parties for some time, in 2 deference to the observations made by the court, both the parties who were personally present in the court have shown readiness to amicably settle the matter on the following terms : (i) The Respondent -husband shall provide a residential accommodation to the Appellant -wife in a Co-operative Society on ownership basis situate in and around Thakur village, Kandivali, admeasuring not less than 300 square feet of carpet area. (ii) The flat to be procured, shall be registered in the name of Appellant-wife with clear understanding that the same will be at the disposal of the Appellant-wife during her life time and will be inherited by the only son of the Appellant and the Respondent, namely, Setu who is presently about 30 years of age. Neither the Respondent nor any one claiming through the Respondent shall have any right or claim therein. (iii) Before finalizing the deal for residential accommodation, the Respondent -husband may give option of selecting the premises to the Appellant -wife, if more than one locations are identified. (iv) It will be open to the Appellant-wife to suggest sites if known 3 to her within the range suggested by the Respondent-husband as noted in paragraph (i) of this order. (v) The above arrangement shall be completed within six months from today. (vi) As and when site is finalized and final agreement is to be registered in the name of the Appellant-wife, it will be open to the parties to apply to this Court to withdraw the amount deposited in this court to be paid to the concerned seller for purchase of the proposed flat. (vii) Needless to observe that the Respondent-husband would take the responsibility of registration expenses to be incurred towards registration of documents, if any. (viii) The Respondent husband, in addition, shall continue to pay amount of Rs.1,500/- to the Appellant -wife towards monthly maintenance during her life time. (ix) The Respondent-husband agrees to withdraw his name as joint allottee of lockers at Sangli Bank, now the ICICI Bank, situated 4 at Mahim. Out of the two lockers one locker shall be retained in the name of the Appellant-wife and one locker would be retained by the Respondent -husband respectively. 2. In view of this agreement, the parties have amicably decided to withdraw all the proceedings pending between the parties as this being the full and final settlement with regard to the subject matter of all those proceedings. That, however, shall be after the Respondent-husband has actually acted upon the terms referred to above and possession of the proposed flat is made over to the Appellant-wife. 3. Both these Appeals alongwith the Civil Applications are disposed of in the above terms with liberty to the parties to apply in case of any difficulty. (A.M. KHANWILKAR, J.) ( A. A. SAYED, J.) .....