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Sargam W/O Sumedh Joshi v. Sumedh S/O Deepak Joshi

Bombay HC6 Apr 2026MCA/878/2025

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What is this about?

Bombay High Court Nagpur Bench, MCA 878/2025, decided 04/05/2026 by Rohit W. Joshi, J.: transfer of Marriage Petition 1303/2025 from Civil Judge Senior Division Kalyan to Family Court Nagpur denied; wife at Nagpur unemployed without travel means versus doctor-husband at Kalyan; hardship offset by Rs.10,000 per in-person attendance payable by husband; video-conferencing appearance option; application dismissed, no costs.

What did the court decide?

Application for transfer rejected; respondent-husband directed to pay Rs.10,000/- to the applicant-wife each time she attends the proceedings at Kalyan in-person, and her request for appearance through Video-Conferencing is to be favourably considered by the trial court. ¶4

Sargam W/O Sumedh Joshi vs Sumedh S/O Deepak Joshi — Bombay HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

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Outcome

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Issue for consideration

Whether Marriage Petition No.1303/2025 pending before the learned Civil Judge, Senior Division, Kalyan should be transferred to the Family Court at Nagpur on the ground of the applicant-wife's lack of means to travel and lack of anyone to accompany her.

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Court's answer

The hardship the wife is likely to suffer can be taken care of by directing the respondent-husband to pay an appropriate amount towards travel from Nagpur to Kalyan (and stay etc.), rather than by transferring the petition.

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Ratio / Principle

Requiring the respondent-husband, who works as a Doctor, to travel from Kalyan to Nagpur would cause him professional loss, and there is good connectivity by train between Kalyan and Nagpur.

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Key takeaways

The Misc. Civil Application seeking transfer of the marriage petition is rejected.ratio¶4
Whenever the applicant-wife attends proceedings before the Court at Kalyan in-person, the respondent-husband shall pay her Rs.10,000/-.ratio¶4
If the applicant-wife applies for appearance through Video-Conferencing, such appearance is to be considered favourably and permission granted on dates and stages deemed appropriate by the learned Civil Judge, Senior Division, Kalyan.

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Matrimonial petition transfer refused. An application to transfer Marriage Petition No.1303/2025 from the Court of the learned Civil Judge, Senior Division, Kalyan to the Family Court at Nagpur, sought only on the ground that the applicant-wife resides at Nagpur, is unemployed, cannot afford travel and has old parents with nobody to accompany her, was rejected. The Court held the wife's hardship could be met by making the respondent-husband, who works as a Doctor, pay an appropriate amount towards travel and stay; compelling the husband to travel from Kalyan to Nagpur would cause him professional loss, and train connectivity between the cities is good. Accordingly, whenever the wife attends proceedings at Kalyan in person, the husband shall pay her Rs.10,000/-, and any application by her for appearance through Video-Conferencing is to be favourably considered and permitted at dates/stages deemed appropriate by the Kalyan court. No order as to costs.

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MCA 878 of 2025.odt

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2026:BHC-NAG:6879

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH AT NAGPUR

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MISC. CIVIL APPLICATION NO.878/2025

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Sau. Sargam W/o Sumedh Joshi (Nee- Sargam D/o Devendra Sortey) ...Versus…

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Dr. Sumedh Deepak Joshi

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- - - - --- - Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, Court's or Judge's orders appearances, Court's orders or directions and Registrar's orders

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- - - - ----- ------------ - Mr. Vandan Gadkari, Advocate for applicant Mr. Sagar Joshi, Advocate for respondent

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CORAM : ROHIT W. JOSHI, J. DATE : 04/05/2026

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The present application is filed, seeking transfer of Marriage Petition No.1303/2025 from the Court of learned Civil Judge, Senior Division, Kalyan to Family Court at Nagpur. 2. The only ground on which the transfer is sought is that the wife is staying at Nagpur and presently, she is not working and as such, she does not have the means to travel from Nagpur to Kalyan. It is also stated that the applicant-wife is staying with her old parents and therefore, there is nobody to accompany her for travelling from Nagpur to Kalyan. As against this, the respondent-husband is working as a Doctor.

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The hardship that the wife is likely to suffer can be taken care of by directing the respondent-husband to pay appropriate amount towards travel from Nagpur to Kalyan and for other expenses like stay etc. Asking the respondenthusband to travel from Kalyan to Nagpur will cause professional loss to the husband. There is good connectivity by train between Kalyan to Nagpur.

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MCA 878 of 2025.odt 2

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In view of the aforesaid, Misc. Civil Application is rejected. It is, however, directed that as and when the applicant-wife attends the proceeding before the Court at Kalyan in-person, the respondent-husband shall pay a sum of Rs.10,000/- to the applicant-wife.

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In the event the applicant-wife makes an application for appearance through Video-Conferencing, the same may be considered favourably and permission to appear through Video-Conferencing may be granted on such dates and at such stages as is deemed appropriate by the learned Civil Judge, Senior Division, Kalyan.

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No order as to costs.

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(ROHIT W. JOSHI, J.)

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Wadkar

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Signed by: S.S. Wadkar (SSW) Designation: PS To Honourable Judge Date: 04/05/2026 19:45:24

Sargam W/O Sumedh Joshi v. Sumedh S/O Deepak Joshi

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