IN THE PUNJAB & HARYANA HIGH COURT AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision: 29.07.2011 LPA No.100 of 2002 Sunder Singh …Petitioner Versus Smt. Raj Bala @ Bala …Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT GUPTA HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY TEWARI Present: Mr. Arun Yadav, Advocate, for the appellant. Mr. A.S.Virk, Advocate, for the respondent. HEMANT GUPTA, J. (ORAL) The appellant filed a petition for annulment of his marriage solemnized on 26.06.1985. The learned trial Court has allowed the said petition. But in appeal, the order passed by the learned trial Court was set aside and the petition dismissed. Still aggrieved, the husband has filed the present letters patent appeal. During the pendency of the present appeal, the parties have entered into settlement. In terms of the said settlement, the appellant agreed to pay a sum of Rs.8 lakhs in full and final settlement of all the claims and for dissolution of marriage by mutual consent. The said statement was accepted by the respondent as well. In terms of the said settlement, the appellant has paid the entire amount of Rs.8 lakhs i.e. Rs.3 lakhs on 27.10.2010 and Rs.5 lakhs on 28.06.2011. In view of the fact that the parties have agreed to dissolve their marriage by mutual consent, the petition for declaring the marriage as nullity is ordered to be treated as petition for dissolution of marriage by LPA No.100 of 2002 mutual consent. Accordingly, the marriage between the parties is dissolved by mutual consent. Decree sheet be prepared accordingly. (HEMANT GUPTA) JUDGE 29.07.2011 (AJAY TEWARI) Vimal JUDGE 2