Family court approves Jaipur royal couple Diya Kumari and Narendra Singh's divorce plea

The city’s Family Court No 1 has issued the decree of marriage dissolution while accepting divorce application of former Jaipur royal and former MLA of Sawai Madhopur, Diya Kumari and her husband Narendra Singh. 

Presiding officer Jhumarlal Chauhan gave this order on the application of divorce filed by both the parties under the Hindu Marriage Act. The court said that the marriage between the two parties solemnised on 14 February 1994 was dissolved on the basis of mutual consent and passed the decree on their marriage dissolution.

According to the case, Diya and Narendra Singh filed a joint application mentioning that they have been living separately for about one-and-a-half years and now want to part ways with mutual consent. The court had adjourned the hearing on the petition for six months, but both of them cited one of the Supreme Court verdicts and sought an early hearing of the case. The court had also tried to convince both the parties on December 21.

It may be recalled here that Diya Kumari and Narendra Singh have two sons and a daughter, the eldest of them, Padmanabh Singh has been annointed as Maharaja of Jaipur after the death of his grandfather and former maharaja Bhawani Singh, who had adopted him.

The couple had, last year issued a joint statement saying, “We jointly state that it is an extremely personal matter for us and hence we do not wish to comment further except, that we have jointly and mutually decided to part amicably.”