The 23-year-long divorce battle between an Indian-origin couple in Britain has ended with a court awarding Varsha Gohil £6.6 million after years of litigation over hidden assets worth £28 million.The controversy began in 2002 when Varsha Gohil filed for divorce from her husband Bhadresh Gohil, citing adultery and inappropriate behavior. At the time, he accepted a £270,000 financial settlement with the family’s Peugeot, The Sun reported.Varsha later became convinced that her ex-husband had not fully disclosed his assets during the divorce proceedings. Under UK law, both parties must give full accounts of their assets and income when deciding on a financial settlement.In 2007, she returned to court seeking to overturn the original agreement after gathering evidence that she believed Bhadresh had concealed part of his fortune.The case took a dramatic turn in 2011 when Bhadresh was convicted of money laundering and forgery. The former lawyer was sentenced to 10 years in prison, while the Crown Prosecution Service seized assets worth almost £28 million which investigators said were hidden around the world.The legal battle then turned into a dispute over whether those properties should be considered part of the couple’s marital estate.Varsha’s challenge eventually reached the UK Supreme Court. There, judges considered her case alongside that of Alison Sharland, who made similar allegations that her ex-husband hid assets during divorce proceedings. The verdict allowed both women to reopen their financial settlements and pursue new claims.Despite that victory, the financial dispute remained unresolved for years. The Crown Prosecution Service faced difficulties locating and recovering the assets, leading to a new High Court hearing not taking place until 2023.At that hearing, Bhadresh argued that the frozen property was not his and therefore could not be included in any divorce judgment. Varsha said the assets were accumulated during their marriage and should be considered while dividing the couple’s property.The Crown Prosecution Service argued that the money represented the proceeds of crime and should remain subject to criminal recovery proceedings rather than being distributed through the family courts.However, Mr Justice Williams ruled that prosecutors had failed to prove that the entire £28 million had arisen from criminal activity. They found that some of the assets came from legitimate businesses that existed during the marriage and therefore formed part of the couple’s estate.The judge awarded Varsha £6.6 million and sharply criticized her ex-husband, describing him as “grossly dishonest”.In his judgment, Mr Justice Williams said Bhadresh’s portrayal of himself as a hard-working family man who had been treated unfairly was “so far from the truth that it is difficult to understand how he could have put this forward”.The decision ends one of Britain’s longest-running divorce disputes, ending a legal battle that lasted more than two decades.