New Delhi: Acknowledging social media’s role in upholding or destroying the reputation of an individual, the Supreme Court has permitted a couple to legally separate on the condition that they will not use each other's photograph on any social media website, application or in any form on the Internet.
A bench headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, noting the spate of cases that the estranged couple had filed against each other, deemed it appropriate to annul their marriage but stipulated that they cannot use social media or Internet to malign each other or impact reputation in any manner.
"Neither the husband nor the wife shall put the photographs of each other in any mode, or at any place, which would also include social media or online," said the bench.
The unique condition was brought in after the woman's lawyer Dushyant Parashar emphasised the space social media occupies in an individual's life and said that the warring couple already had complaints registered against each other under cyber laws for posting photographs on websites.
The CJI accepted Parashar's contention and agreed to add this as one of the chief conditions to grant divorce after quashing all 17 cases the couple had lodged against each other.
The man, a management graduate, and the woman, an engineer, got married in 2013 but developed severe marital discord soon after. They started living separately and complained against each other at various fora. They also filed a divorce petition.
Disposing of all pending cases, the Court directed the man to pay Rs 37 lakh towards permanent alimony and as the full and final settlement.
"All allegations in any petition, including the divorce petition made against each other by the parties, stand expunged from the records. The expunging of remarks would mean no one shall be entitled to get the certified copy of the said pleadings," added the bench.
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