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Mrs. Sneha Pundalik Varvante v. Mr. Pundalik Malhari Varvante

Bombay HC24 Sept 2025MCA/289/2025

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What is this about?

Transfer of matrimonial (divorce) proceeding on grounds of distance and convenience of wife caring for minor child; Family Court, Pune to Family Court, Nanded; around 500 km / about ten hours' travel each way; ad-interim relief in terms of prayer clause (c); Bombay High Court MCA No. 289 of 2025; Rajesh S. Patil, J.; order dated 08.12.2025; next hearing 22.12.2025; service report awaited; directions to Applicant's counsel and to Registrar (Judicial-I) to communicate order to Family Court, Pune.

What did the court decide?

Ad-interim relief in terms of prayer clause (c) till the next date of hearing (22.12.2025); matter stood over as the Court service report was awaited. ¶23

Mrs. Sneha Pundalik Varvante vs Mr. Pundalik Malhari Varvante — Bombay HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

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Outcome

Ad-interim relief in terms of prayer clause (c) till the next date of hearing (22.12.2025); matter stood over as the Court service report was awaited.

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Issue for consideration

Whether the divorce proceeding filed by the Respondent-husband before the Family Court, Pune should be transferred to the Family Court, Nanded, the Applicant citing a distance of around 500 Km (about ten hours' travel each way) and her need to care for her six-year-old son.

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Court's answer

Ad-interim relief granted in terms of prayer clause (c) until the next date of hearing, as an interim measure while the transfer application remains pending.

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Ratio / Principle

Application stood over to 22.12.2025 because the Court service report was awaited.

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Key takeaways

Applicant's counsel directed to convey the day's order to the Court hearing the matrimonial proceedings and to file an affidavit to that effect within two weeks.ratio¶24
Registrar (Judicial-I) directed to communicate the order passed that day to the Registrar of the Family Court, Pune by Email.ratio¶25

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Bombay High Court (Civil Appellate Jurisdiction), Coram: Rajesh S. Patil, J. - Miscellaneous Civil Application No. 289 of 2025, order dated 08.12.2025. Applicant Sneha Pundalik Varvante, residing at Nanded with her six-year-old son, seeks transfer of the divorce proceeding filed by her husband, Respondent Pundalik Malhari Varvante, from the Family Court, Pune to the Family Court, Nanded, citing a distance of around 500 Km and roughly ten hours' travel each way while she cares for the child. As the Court service report was awaited, the application was stood over to 22.12.2025, with ad-interim relief granted in terms of prayer clause (c) till the next date of hearing. The Applicant's counsel (Mr. Chaitanya Dixit a/w Mr. Dhananjay Bhosale) was directed to convey the order to the Court hearing the matrimonial proceedings and file an affidavit to that effect within two weeks; Registrar (Judicial-I) was directed to communicate the order to the Registrar, Family Court, Pune, by Email. Interim order only; the transfer question itself remains undecided; no statute or precedent cited.

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MCA 289-2025.doc

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

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MISCELLANEOUS CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 289 OF 2025

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ANAND SUDHAKAR SUDAME

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Sneha Pundalik Varvante

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Versus

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..Applicant

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Pundalik Malhari Varvante ..Respondent

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Digitally signed by ANAND SUDHAKAR SUDAME

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Date: 2025.12.08 20:05:32 +0530

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Mr. Chaitanya Dixit a/w. Mr. Dhananjay Bhosale, Advocates, for the Applicant

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CORAM : RAJESH S. PATIL, J.

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DATE : 08.12.2025

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P. C.

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Office remarks show that service report is awaited.

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Mr. Dixit, learned Counsel for the Applicant submits that the Respondent has been served and an Affidavit of service to that effect has been filed in the Registry of this Court.

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It is the Applicant’s case that the Applicant is staying at Nanded along with her six years old son. The Respondent – husband has filed divorce proceeding before the Family Court, Pune and she is seeking transfer of the said proceeding to the Family Court, Nanded as the distance between Nanded and Pune is around 500 Km and it will be difficult for her to attend the Court proceeding by traveling 500 Km which will take around ten hours and return back on the same day by

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traveling around ten hours when she has to take care of her six years old son also.

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Since the Court service report is awaited, stand over to 22.12.2025 .

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In the meanwhile, there shall be ad-interim relief in terms of prayer clause (c) till the next date of hearing.

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Learned Counsel for the Applicant is hereby directed to convey the order passed today to the concerned Court who is hearing the matrimonial proceedings and file affidavit to that effect within a period of two weeks from today.

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Similarly, Registrar (Judicial–I) is hereby directed to communicate the order passed today to the Registrar of the Family Court, Pune by Email.

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(RAJESH S. PATIL, J.)

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