The Supreme Court (SC), in Shivangi Bansal v Sahib Bansal [2025 INSC 883] directed the wife ( IPS Officer) and her family to issue a public apology for filing multiple frivolous cases for harassing her former husband and his family. After their separation in 2018, she filed 15 cases and he filed 10 cases before various Courts/ Authorities.
At the end of the mediatory process the wife has voluntarily agreed to forgo and waive her claim to any alimony or maintenance from the husband and that she shall have no claim over any moveable and immoveable property owned and possessed by the husband and his family members.
The wife has voluntarily agreed to take care of all the expenses of the daughter and would not claim any maintenance amount from the husband for the maintenance of the daughter and the order of maintenance of Rs. 1,50,000/- per month as passed by the High Court of Allahabad directing the husband to pay to the wife for the maintenance of the child, shall not be executed by the wife and was quashed.
The SC directed the woman and her parents to issue an unconditional apology, which must be published in the national editions of one prominent English and one Hindi newspaper. Additionally, the apology must be published and widely circulated across all major social media platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and similar channels.
The wife and husband and the family members of both husband and wife have agreed that they shall not file or initiate any future litigation, petition, case, complaint or otherwise arising out of these or related matters, in any judicial or quasi-judicial or regulatory or administrative forum or any other forum.
However, the apology shall not be construed as an admission of liability and shall have no bearing on the legal rights, obligations, or consequences arising under law.
Reference
- Shivangi Bansal v Sahib Bansal [2025 INSC 883]
