[Breaking] Case on scope of Supreme Court’s power under Article 142 to dissolve marriage listed before Constitution Bench tomorrow

The case was referred to a five-judge Bench nearly five years ago on June 29, 2016 by a Division Bench of Justices Shiva Kirti Singh and R Banumathi (both retired).
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Can the Supreme Court in exercise of its powers under Article 142 of the Constitution dissolve a marriage between consenting parties without referring them to the Family Court to wait for the mandatory period prescribed under Section 13-B of the Hindu Marriage Act? (Shilpa Sailesh v. Varun Sreenivasan).

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