Shikhar Dhawan granted divorce on grounds of cruelty by wife

Shikhar Dhawan's 11-year marriage with Ayesha Mukherjee officially ended on Wednesday as the family court of Delhi granted the India cricketer divorce.

The court stated that Dhawan was entitled to a decree of divorce on the grounds of cruelty.

'There is no dispute that both parties had agreed to take divorce by mutual consent and that their marriage is otherwise dead long ago and have not been living as husband and wife since August 8, 2020,' the court added.

Shikar Dhawan through plea stated that he discovered post-marriage that the primary reason for the respondent to induce the petitioner into marrying her was merely to extort crores of rupees from him. Shortly after the marriage, the respondent threatened to fabricate defamatory and false material against the petitioner and circulate the same to destroy the reputation and cricketing career of the petitioner if he did not comply with her demands for money.