Mumbai: The Family Court on Thursday granted a divorce decree to cricketer Yuzvendra Chahal and his estranged wife Dhanashree Verma.
The family court allowed the joint petition filed by the estranged couple seeking divorce by mutual consent.
Chahal’s advocate Nitin Gupta said the family court has granted divorce decree on the joint petition after the estranged couple appeared before the suburban Bandra family court. “The family court has accepted the joint petition filed by Chahal and Verma seeking divorce by mutual consent,” Gupta said.
The court noted that the parties have complied with the consent terms.
Chahal and Verma, who married in December 2020, separated in June 2022. They filed for divorce in the family court on February 5, 2025, seeking a waiver of the cooling-off period as their divorce was by mutual consent.
On February 20, the family court declined their request, citing only partial compliance with the consent terms. The court noted that Chahal had agreed to pay Verma Rs 4.75 crore as alimony but had only paid Rs 2.37 crore so far. Additionally, the marriage counselor’s report also cited partial compliance with mediation efforts.
Following this, the couple challenged the order in the high court.
The HC, on Wednesday, asked the family court to decide the divorce plea by Thursday considering the fact that Chahal would not be available later as he was participating in the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket tournament.
The IPL T20 cricket tournament is scheduled to start from March 22. Chahal is part of the Punjab Kings team.
The couple had sought waiving off of the mandatory six-month cooling-off period after the filing of a divorce plea, considering they had sought divorce by mutual consent before the family court. The petition, filed through advocate Nitin Gupta, had also prayed for a direction to the family court to decide the divorce petition expeditiously.
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 the marriage counselor which said there was only partial compliance with the mediation efforts.
But the high court on Wednesday held there was compliance with the consent terms, as they provided for the payment of the second installment of permanent alimony only after the decree of divorce was obtained.
