Rubina Habib Pathan v. Habib Hameed Pathan
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay High Court, Aurangabad Bench; MCA 383/2024; wife's transfer application allowed; divorce suit RCS 652/2024 shifted from Civil Judge Senior Division, Beed to Family Court, Aurangabad; marriage solemnised at Aurangabad; respondent-husband working and residing at Aurangabad; Aurangabad Court held to have jurisdiction; no propriety in retaining suit at Beed; applicant-wife not to seek unnecessary adjournments; Trial Court may compensate husband if personally present; disposal preferably within 18 months of transfer; Kishore C. Sant, J.; decided 25-04-2025.
What did the court decide?
Transfer of Regular Civil Suit No. 652 of 2024 from the Court of the learned Civil Judge Senior Division, Beed to the Court of the learned Judge, Family Court, Aurangabad, allowed in terms of prayer clause (B); subject to the applicant-wife not seeking unnecessary adjournments (with liberty to the Trial Court to compensate the respondent-husband if he personally remains present) and a direction to dispose of the proceeding preferably within eighteen (18) months from the date of transfer; the application thereafter stands disposed of.