The Jharkhand High Court, in a significant judgment on October 14, 2025, granted a decree of divorce to a State Bank of India manager, overturning a Family Court order that had dismissed his plea. A division bench comprising Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad and Justice Rajesh Kumar directed the husband, who had married another woman during the pendency of the divorce proceedings, to pay a total of ₹60,000 per month as permanent alimony to his first wife and their son.

The court allowed the appeal filed by the husband under Section 19(1) of the Family Court Act, 1984, against the judgment of the Principal Judge, Family Court, Bokaro, dated February 22, 2023, which had rejected his divorce suit filed under Section 13(1)(ia) and (ib) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955.

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