In a major development in the divorce case of Team India’s spinner Yuzvendra Chahal and his estranged wife, Dhanashree Verma, the Bombay High Court has agreed to waive a six-month cooling-off period. The honourable court has told the family court to pronounce the verdict by March 20 because Chahal will represent Punjab Kings in the Indian Premier League 2025.
Bar and Bench took to X and wrote: “Bombay High Court has overturned a Family Court decision that denied the request to waive the statutory cooling-off period for the divorce of cricketer Yuzvendra Chahal and Dhanashree Verma under the Hindu Marriage Act. A bench of Justice Madhav Jamdar has also directed the family court to decide the divorce petition by tomorrow considering Chahal’s participation in the upcoming IPL.”
#Breaking Bombay High Court has overturned a Family Court decision that denied the request to waive the statutory cooling-off period for the divorce of cricketer Yuzvendra Chahal and Dhanashree Verma under the Hindu Marriage Act.#BombayHC #YuzvendraChahal pic.twitter.com/5hdwLFEtIM
— Bar and Bench (@barandbench) March 19, 2025
According to Bar and Bench, Chahal and his wife have been living separately since June 2022. They decided to file a divorce plea before the Bandra Family Court in February 2025. The couple wanted to waive the cooling-off period.
The couple is given a cooling-off period of six months from the date of filing the divorce plea to give them a chance to reunite. However, Chahal and Dhanashree have not lived together for more than two years, and the Bombay High Court felt that the cooling-off period was unnecessary in their case.
Earlier, the family court had refused to waive the six-month cooling-off period.
Chahal had agreed to pay Verma permanent alimony of INR 4.75 crore. However, he has deposited INR 2 crore, 37 lakhs, and 55 thousand to date. The family court did not take the non-payment of the remaining amount lightly, and the cooling-off plea was rejected.