Pallavi Hemant Gulhane v. Hemant Manoharrao Gulhane
Case brief
What is this about?
MCA (Transfer) No. 882/2025, High Court of Bombay, Nagpur Bench (Pravin S. Patil, J.; order dated 15.12.2025): wife/applicant Pallavi Hemant Gulhane seeks transfer of Protection of Women (from) Domestic Violence Act proceedings pending at Civil Judge Senior Division, Vadgaon, Maval, District Pune, citing approx. 500 kms distance from Darwha and care of a five-year-old child; notice issued to husband/non-applicant Hemant Manoharrao Gulhane returnable after six weeks; ad-interim stay granted in terms of prayer clause-(b); service by permissible private modes in addition to regular mode; affidavit by next date failing which interim stay auto-vacates. Interlocutory order; no precedent cases discussed.
What did the court decide?
Interim (in-the-meanshile) stay in terms of prayer clause-(b), with notice to the non-applicant returnable after six weeks; liberty to serve the non-applicant by all permissible private modes of service in addition to regular mode; applicant to file affidavit on or before next date, failing which the interim stay vacates automatically. Main application not finally decided at this stage.