Anuprit W/O Akshay Vishe (Anuprit D/O Ashokrao Pachpor) v. Akshay S/O Bhaskarrao Vishe
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay High Court (Nagpur Bench), Rohit W. Joshi, J., April 06, 2026: transfer application allowed moving divorce petition No.1792/2025 from 3rd Joint Civil Judge Senior Division, Kalyan (District Thane) to Principal Judge, Family Court, Nagpur on grounds of applicant-wife's convenience and priority of her Domestic Violence Act, 2005 proceeding (Criminal M.A.No.1524/2024, JMFC Nagpur) filed about a year before the husband's divorce petition; respondent unrepresented despite service; video-conferencing appearance permissible at Family Court's discretion. Keywords: transfer of matrimonial suit, venue/convenience, inter-jurisdictional transfer Thane to Nagpur, PWDVA proceeding precedence, video-conferencing attendance.
What did the court decide?
Application allowed: Petition No.1792/2025 transferred from the file of the 3rd Joint Civil Judge Senior Division, Kalyan, District Thane to the Court of Principal Judge, Family Court, Nagpur; respondent-husband's future video-conferencing appearance applications to be favourably considered at the discretion of the Family Court, Nagpur.