5.Mr.Shreyash S. Butala, learned counsel for the Applicant would submit
that the marriage between the Applicant and the Respondent was solemnized on
21st February, 2021 as per Buddhist rights and rituals at Bandra (E), Mumbai.
After solemnization of the marriage the wife went to stay with the husband in
Mumbai. Within a month of the marriage, the Applicant-wife became pregnant.
Learned counsel would submit that however due to the mental, verbal and
physical abuse by the husband, the Applicant was on 14th July, 2021 taken back
by her family members to her parental home at village Natunagar, Taluka Khed,
District Ratnagiri and since then the Applicant has been staying there. That the
Applicant delivered a daughter on 13th November, 2021. Thereafter, on 21st
May, 2022 a meeting was held between the family members of the Applicant and
the Respondent-husband, where the Respondent and his family members sought
to question the character of the Applicant–wife. Thereafter, on 28th September,
2022 the Applicant has filed domestic violence proceedings before Judicial
Magistrate First Class, Khed for maintenance and protection. Learned counsel
would submit that the summons with respect to the divorce petition filed by the
Respondent-husband was received on 21st November, 2022. Soon thereafter
this application was drafted and signed on 22nd November, 2022, after which it
was filed on 30th November, 2022 before this court.
