Mumbai, March 19 -- The Bombay High Court on Wednesday directed the Family court to decide the divorce plea of cricketer Yuzvendra Chahal and his estranged wife Dhanashree Verma by Thursday (tomorrow), after waiving the mandatory six-month cooling off period post filing of divorce.
A single bench of Justice Madhav Jamdar said Chahal would not be available from March 21 as he has to participate in upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket tournament.
"As petitioner 1 (Chahal) is participant of IPL, learned counsel informs that he may not be available from March 21, the learned judge of Family court is requested to decide petition by tomorrow," the Court directed.
Chahal, who is a spinner for the Kings XI Punjab IPL team, is set to join...