By Admin 
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (July 22, 2025) directed a woman officer of the Indian Police Service (IPS) to apologize to her husband and father -in -law, on whom she has filed a case and she is sitting in jail. The court has also directed the IPS wife in strict tone that she will not use her position and power against her husband. The court has directed the apology to publish in prestigious English and Hindi Daily Newspapers.
According to PTI report, IPS officers were living separately from husband from 2018. The court, using its extraordinary powers, allowed the husband and wife living separately to end the marriage and canceled several civil and criminal cases filed against each other. The Supreme Court also quashed the High Court’s decision, in which the husband was instructed to give the woman a living allowance of Rs 1.5 lakh every month.
A bench of Chief Justice Bhushan Ramakrishna Gavai and Justice Augustine George Christ instructed the female IPS officer and her parents to apologize unconditionally from the husband’s family living separately. The bench ordered the end of a long legal battle between them after the marriage was broken in 2015 using the powers provided under Article 142 of the Constitution.
Article 142 gives the Supreme Court the right to issue any order required for complete justice in any case pending before them. The bench noted the arguments of both the parties that they wanted to resolve all the disputes including the daughter’s custody matters and settle all pending cases to avoid any litigation in future and maintain peace.
On the issue of custody of the daughter, the bench said, ‘The child’s custody will be with the mother. Father … and her family will have the right to monitor the girl for the first three months and then on the basis of convenience and goodness of the girl … The first Sunday of every month can be met at the teaching site of the girl from 9 am to 5 pm on Sunday of every month, or as per permission permission under school rules and regulations.
The bench also considered the fact that the woman voluntarily agreed to give up her claim of any kind of alimony from her husband. As a result, the Supreme Court quashed the High Court order to maintain Rs 1.5 lakh per month to the wife.
The bench said in its order, ‘To end the long legal battle between the two sides and to ensure complete justice, all pending criminal and civil lawsuits filed against each other from both sides, including cases filed against wife, husband and her family members in any court or forum in India, but are not limited to the same, as they are, they are canceled and taken back.’
The bench also canceled the cases filed against him on behalf of the third party, which both sides were not aware of. The court considered the fact that the husband and her father are in jail due to the cases filed by the IPS wife. The bench asked the female officer and their parents to apologize unconditionally.
The apology was directed to publish in the national edition of a prestigious English and Hindi daily. The bench directed the female officer to never use his position and power as an IPS officer against her ex -husband.