Indian cricket team spinner Yuzvendra CHhahal and Dhanashree Verma are now divorced offically on Thursday. They were granted the decree of divorce by the Mumbai family court. Nitin Kumar Gupta yuzvendra Chahal lawyer confirmed this news. The court has accepted the joint petition of both parties. The parties are no longer husband and wife,” advocate Nitin said in a video by ANI.
Chahal and Verma got married in December 2020. As per their petition they were living seprately since June 2022. On February 5 they filed a joint petition before the family court seeking divorce by mutual consent.
The Bombay High Court requested family court to decide the divorce plea by Thursday as after this Chahal would not be available later as he weill be participating in IPL tournamnet.
The IPL T20 cricket tournament is scheduled to start from March 22. Chahal is part of the Punjab Kings team.
The family court had refused to waive the cooling-off period on the ground that there was only partial compliance with the consent terms which required Chahal to pay Rs 4.75 crore to Dhanashree.
He had paid Rs 2.37 crore, the family court noted. It also cited a report of a marriage counsellor which said there was only partial compliance with the mediation efforts.