Kalyani Dhairyashil Pawar v. Dhairyashil Baburao Pawar
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay High Court, Writ Petition No.3670 of 2024, Jamdar J. (3 February 2025): matrimonial writ disposed of on consent terms; Family Court Pune order below Exhibit-42 (rejecting exclusion of husband's counterclaim in divorce Petition A No. 721 of 2020 under Section 13(1)(i-a) Hindu Marriage Act, 1955) set aside; counterclaim prayer clauses (3)-(7) of paragraph 25 excluded, movable to Civil Suit No. 55 of 2023 (Small Cause Court, Pune — flat possession against husband and father, gratuitous licensee) or a separate suit; prayer clauses (1), (2), (8) continue before Family Court; no order as to costs; Article 227 Constitution of India; consent terms dated 3/02/2025 taken on record and marked 'X'.
What did the court decide?
Writ Petition disposed of in terms of the Consent Terms dated 3/02/2025: the impugned Order dated 9 January 2024 passed below Exhibit-42 in Petition A. No.721 of 2020 is set aside and the Exhibit-42 Application is partly allowed — prayer clauses (3) to (7) of paragraph 25 of the Written statement-cum-Counterclaim are excluded from Petition A. No.721 of 2020, with liberty to the Respondent to agitate those reliefs in Civil Suit No.55 of 2023 (Small Cause Court, Pune) or by a separate suit; prayer clauses (1), (2) and (8) of the counterclaim continue in Petition A. No.721 of 2020; no order as to costs.