Shweta Aditya Bhatia Alias Shwetha Gopal Nayak v. Aditya Arjun Bhatia
Case brief
What is this about?
Condonation of delay 111 days; Interim Application No.14782 of 2024 in Family Court Appeal (Stamp) No.28503 of 2024; Bombay High Court; Coram Bharati Dangre & Manjusha Deshpande JJ.; decided 17 April 2026; applicant/appellant Shweta Aditya Bhatia alias Shwetha Gopal Nayak (counsel Deepan V. Dixit with Virendra Pandey); respondent Aditya Arjun Bhatia (none appeared); impugned judgment dated 4 April 2024, Family Court Mumbai at Bandra, Petition No. A-1845 of 2021, dismissing dissolution-of-marriage petition on ground of cruelty; delay condoned as explanation bonafide and sufficient cause shown; IA made absolute in terms of prayer clause 'a'; appeal registered and admitted; notice to respondent; call for R&P; private paper-book permitted within 12 weeks.
What did the court decide?
Condonation of delay of 111 days in filing the Family Court Appeal; Interim Application No. 14782 of 2024 made absolute in terms of prayer clause 'a'; registry directed to register the appeal; appeal admitted with notice to the respondent; call for R&P; liberty to file a private paper-book within 12 weeks.