Gayatri Kapil Chaudhari v. Kapil Jayram Chaudhari
Case brief
What is this about?
Single-judge decision of the High Court of Judicature at Bombay, Bench at Aurangabad (Abhay J. Mantri, J.; neutral citation 2026:BHC-AUG:22569) in Misc. Civil Application No. 216 of 2024: Gayatri Kapil Chaudhari's application to transfer her husband Kapil Jayram Chaudhari's divorce proceedings (HMP No. 12/2024) from Dhule to Jalgaon allowed. Wife's Section 9 Hindu Marriage Act and Section 125 CrPC proceedings were already pending at Jalgaon; she had no income and faced ~100 km travel hardship; the respondent's failure to file a reply drew an adverse inference; Aishwarya Versus A.S. Sarvana Karthik Sha (AIR Online 2022 SC 1268) relied on.
What did the court decide?
Application allowed in terms of prayer clause 'B' - transfer of divorce proceedings HMP No. 12/2024 from the Civil Judge Senior Division, Dhule to the Family Court, Jalgaon; the concerned Courts to be informed and the application disposed of.