Chandrasekharan vs. Latha

S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (Civil) No(s).13261/2012 (From the judgement and order dated 04/01/2012 in MA No.126/2003 of The HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM) CHANDRASEKHARAN Petitioner(s) VERSUS LATHA & ORS. Respondent(s) (With appln(s) for exemption from filing O.T.) CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE G.S. SINGHVI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE V. GOPALA GOWDA For Petitioner(s) Mr. Siddhartha Dave, Adv. Mr. A. Raghunath,AOR. For Respondent(s) UPON hearing counsel the Court made the following O R D E R At the outset Shri Dave gave out that his client is not in a position to pay Rs.20 lakh to respondent No.1 towards the permanent alimony but he is willing to pay substantial amount. Shri Dave then made a request that the parties may be directed to appear before the Mediation Centre of the Kerala High Court at

Cochin to explore the possibility of a negotiated settlement. The request of Shri Dave is accepted and the parties are directed to appear before the Mediation Centre of the Kerala High Court at Cochin on September 23, 2013.

The petitioner shall, within a week from today, send a demand draft of Rs.10,000/- in the name of respondent No.1 at her residential address by registered post.

It is needless to say that if the petitioner fails to send the amount of Rs.10,000/- to respondent No.1, then she shall not be required to comply with this order.

A copy of this order be sent to respondent No.1 by registered post at the address mentioned in the memo of the special leave petition.

|(Sheetal Dhingra) | |(Phoolan Wati Arora) | |AR-cum-PS | |Court Master |

ITEM NO.37 COURT NO.2 SECTION XIA

Date: 05/08/2013 This Petition was called on for hearing today.