Deepak Kumar Soni v. Surabhi Soni
Case brief
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court, First Appeal Defective No. 1238 of 2025 (FAPLD), decided 2 December 2025, coram Arindam Sinha and Satya Veer Singh, JJ. Father-appellant challenged a Family Court order dated 20 May 2025 granting visitation/contact rights to the respondent-mother under section 8 of the Guardians and Wards Act, 1890. Court held the order interlocutory, made in aid of section 7 relief; held appeal not maintainable as the Family Court Act, 1984 affords only one right of appeal; dismissed appeal along with condonation-of-delay (140 days) and exemption applications; liberty reserved to pursue remedy in law; certified copy returnable on substitution by photocopy. Keywords: guardians and wards, visitation rights, contact right, interlocutory order, maintainability of appeal, Family Courts Act, condonation of delay.
What did the court decide?
The applications (condonation/exemption) and the appeal are dismissed as not maintainable. The dismissal will not prevent the petitioner from finding his remedy in law. The certified copy is to be returned on being substituted by photocopy thereof.