Shikhar Dhawan-Aesha Divorce: How Dhawan Was Subjected To 'Cruelty & Mental Agony' By Wife
On Wednesday, Shikhar Dhawan was granted divorce by the Delhi High Court on the grounds of cruelty by his wife, Aesha Mukerji.?
According to the court judgement, Aesha subjected Dhawan to mental agony. Dhawan's testimony remained unchallenged.?
How did Dhawan face 'mental agony', and what did the court say??
The court judgement stated that Aesha subjected Dhawan to mental agony by compelling him to live separately from his only son for years.?
Dhawan's wife, Aesha, denied the allegation, submitting that though she genuinely wanted to live in India with him, due to her commitment towards her daughters from her previous marriage requiring her to stay in Australia, she could not come to live in India.?
The judge said in the order, "He (Dhawan), for no fault of his own, had been through immense agony and anguish of living separately from his own son for years."?
However, Dhawan's testimony remained unchallenged, and so Judge Harish Kumar of a family court in Delhi accepted all the allegations made by the cricketer in his plea for divorce against his wife on the ground that she either did not contest the said allegations or failed to defend herself.?
The judge said: "Hence, it stands proved that the wife backtracked from her assurance of setting up matrimonial home in India after marriage and thus made him suffer a long distance marriage and suffer immense agony and anguish of living separately from his own son for years."?
Dhawan also alleged that Aesha forced him to make her the owner of the three properties that the cricketer bought in Australia.??
The court said Aesha was unable to prove that she did not compel Mr Dhawan to make her an owner of the properties, and she also contributed funds towards their purchase.??
Who has custody of the child??
"Since petitioner is a reputed International Cricketer and has been pride of the nation, subject to petitioner approaching the Union Government of India, it is requested to take up the issue of visitation/custody of the minor son with its counterpart in Australia to help him have regular visitation or chatting with his own son or his permanent custody," the court said in its order.?
The judge granted visitation rights to Dhawan to meet his son for appropriate duration in India and Australia. He is also allowed to chat with his son over video calls.?
However, the court refused to pass any order on permanent custody of the couple's son.??
Dhawan and Aesha married in 2012
Shikhar Dhawan and Ayesha Mukherjee tied the knot in October 2012.?
They have a 10-year-old son together named Zoravar.Aesha was previously married and has two daughters with her first husband.Both Aesha and Zoraver are Australian citizens.?
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