Chugh (Appellant) v Chugh (Respondent)
Thursday 11 June 2026
Issue: Challenge to decision recognising the validity of an Indian divorce.
By appellant’s notice filed on 25 March 2025 the Appellant appeals an order of the High Court dated 4 March 2025 which recognised the validity of an Indian divorce.
The parties married in India in 2010 and have two children. The wife moved to the UK in 2021 and later petitioned for divorce in England, obtaining decree nisi in December 2021. Meanwhile, the husband had issued divorce proceedings in India in July 2021 without informing the wife and obtained a divorce in September 2022. The wife was not clearly served and only learned key details at trial.
The judge held that reasonable steps had been taken to notify the wife and that the Indian divorce was valid and should be recognised. He stayed the wife’s English divorce and financial remedy proceedings.
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