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Drafting/Assignment

WRITTEN STATEMENT

UNDER SECTION 10 OF HINDU MARRIAGE ACT, 1955

Submitted to Submitted by

Navditya Tanwar Vanshika Thakur

(Assistant Professor) (1020181908)
HPNLU 7th Semester

HIMACHAL PRADESH NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY

GHANDAL, SHIMLA, P.O. SHAKRAH, SUB-TEHSIL DHAMI
DISTRICT SHIMLA, HIMACHAL PRADESH-171014
Ph. 0177-2779802, 0177-2779803, Fax: 0177-2779802
Website: http://hpnlu.ac.in
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Acknowledgements

I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Ms. Navditya for taking regular classes and

explaining me the contents of Drafting Pleading and Conveyances with great enthusiasm. It is

in her light of guidance and motivation that I have undertaken to complete this project.

I would also like to thank my parents for believing in me and providing me their support and

encouragement.

I am also grateful to HPNLU for providing us access to various research websites, those have

truly come in handy in the completition of this research paper.

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Declaration by the Student

I declare herewith, that this above-mentioned work is my own original work.

Furthermore, I confirm that:

 I have clearly referenced in accordance with departmental requirements, in both the text

and the bibliography or references, all sources (either from a printed source, internet or

any other source) used in the work;

 This work has not been published.

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IN THE HON’BLE FAMILY COURT AT DHARAMSALA

HMA Petition No. 046 of 2021

IN THE MATTER OF

Smt. Geeta Kumari

D/o P L Kumar
R/o Rakkar, Dharamsala
……………………Petitioner

Versus

Shri. Abhinav Sharma

S/o Deshpal Sharma
R/o Bazaar, Kangra
……………………RESPONDENT

WRITTEN STATEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE RESPONDENT

TO THE DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE BY DECREE OF JUDICIAL SEPARATION
UNDER SECTION 10 OF THE HINDU MARRIAGE ACT

Most respectfully showeth,

1. Para 1 of the plaint is admitted. That the marriage was solemnized between the parties
according to Hindu rites and ceremonies on 24/11/2016 at Dharamsala in the presence
of family and relatives. That the said marriage is registered with the Registrar of
Marriage duly.
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2. Para 2 of the plaint is admitted with reference to the age, residence and status of parties.

3. Para 3 of the plaint is admitted. That the parties have no children together.

4. Para 4 of the plaint is accepted in part and contested on the following: that the married
life of the parties was not harmonious as it was being expected upon marriage by the
respondent. That the respondent took measures above and beyond himself to provide
for and look after the petitioner but always came home to cribbing.

5. Para 5 is denied. That the respondent took efforts to resolve conflicts amicably but the
petitioner never cooperated. Continuous fights and arguments were picked up by the
petitioner and no resolution was to avail, so with the degrading state of affairs at his
home the respondent packed up and left for the ancestral home.

6. Additionally the respondent humbly presents that there was no intention of desertion
with respect to him, he seeks reconciliation but all the efforts have been so far snubbed
by the petitioner.
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PRAYER

In view of the above mention objectives and paragraph-wise reply therein, it is respectfully
prayed that the petition filed by the petitioner may kindly be dismissed with heavy cost, in the
interest of justice.
And pass any other or further order(s) as the Hon’ble Court may deem fit and proper in the
facts and circumstance of the case in favour of the respondent.

Respondent
Abhinav Sharma

Place: Dharamsala Filed Through

Date: 06 November, 2021 Vanshika Thakur

(Counsel)

VERIFICATION

I Abhinav, do hereby verify that the content from para No. 1 to 6 of the W.S. are correct and
true to the best of my knowledge and personal belief and no part of it is false and nothing
material have been concealed therein. The last para is the prayer to the Hon’ble court.

Respondent

Abhinav Sharma
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IN THE HON’BLE FAMILY COURT AT DHARAMSALA

HMA PETITION NO. 0456 OF 2021

Judicial Separation under Section 10 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955

Smt. Geeta

……………………PETITIONER

Versus
Shri. Abhinav
……………………RESPONDENT

AFFIDAVIT

I, Abhinav, aged 26 years, R/o Kangra, do herby solemnly affirm and declare as under:-

1. That I am the respondent in the above mentioned case and being fully conversant with the
facts and circumstances of the case, am able to depose this affidavit.

2. That the accompanying Written Statement has been drafted by my counsel under my
instructions and the contents thereof have been read over to me in vernacular and understood
by me and I state that the contents of para No. 1 to 6 of the W.S. are true and correct to my
knowledge and believe to be true and the same may kindly be read as part and parcel of this
affidavit as the same are not being reproduced herein for the sake of brevity.

Respondent
Abhinav Sharma
Dated: November 20, 2021
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VERIFICATION

I Abhinav, do hereby verify that the content of the affidavit are true and correct to the best of
my knowledge and information received and nothing material has been concealed there from.

Respondent

Abhinav Sharma