IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH R.S.A.No.1649 of 2007 (O&M) Date of Decision : 14.5.2010 Smt. Gursharan Kaur & Ors. ....Appellants Versus Ajit Singh ...Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE MAHESH GROVER .... Present : Mr. R.K.Handa, Advocate for the appellants. Mr.J.S.Mehndiratta, Advocate for the respondent. ..... MAHESH GROVER, J. The parties have settled the matter before the Mediation and Conciliation Centre of the Punjab and Haryana High Court. A memorandum of settlement duly signed by the parties has been placed on record. As a measure of settlement, the parties have agreed that they will bring to an end the entire disputes which are pending between them. Divorce has been granted and the only dispute which is now pending is before the Court of Shri Rajinder Aggarwal, Addl.District Judge, Mohali is Appeal No.3 of 2007, pending for 18.5.2010. Smt. Gursharan Kaur is present in Court. She has made a statement that she is willing to get the proceedings dropped in the contempt appeal. A statement has been recorded before this Court R.S.A.No.1649 of 2007 (O&M) -2- which shall be construed to be a valid statement as having been made before the first Appellate Court as well. This Court has been informed that an affidavit to this effect has already been filed before the concerned court. Having regard to the aforesaid and also the settlement, the first Appellate Court shall take a positive view of the situation and dispose of the contempt proceedings. This Court is of the opinion that the sentence awarded to the respondent in these circumstances deserves to be quashed and a formal order to this effect shall be passed by the first Appellate Court by disposing of the appeal and while doing so shall incorporate the settlement of the parties, a part of the order. Copy of the settlement be also sent to the concerned Court. The parties are present in Court. Both of them through their statements have expressed their desire that they will not prosecute each other any more and shall not drag each other to the courts in any form of litigation. They have willingly made their statements and have appended their signatures. As a result of this, the instant appeal is disposed of in terms of the settlement arrived at between the parties before the Mediation and Conciliation Centre of this Court and as a consequence the appeal shall stand allowed, impugned judgment and decree shall stand set aside and the suit is decreed in terms of the settlement made before the Mediation and Conciliation Centre of Punjab and Haryana High Court which is on record as Annexure M-1. 14.5.2010 (MAHESH GROVER) JUDGE dss