Vineet Taneja Vs Ritu Taneja — Delhi HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

Vineet Taneja Vs Ritu Taneja — Delhi HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

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Outcome

Petition allowed and disposed of; impugned order dated 14.02.2025 in GP No. 48/2012 set aside; petitioner granted liberty to lead his own evidence from 19.11.2025, the next date before the learned Family Court, concluding it on or before 12.12.2025; pending applications, if any, disposed of.

Issue for consideration

Whether the petitioner's application (CM APPL. 66767/2025) seeking early hearing of the captioned petition should be allowed. +1 more

Court's answer

The petitioner's early-hearing application (CM APPL. 66767/2025) is allowed and the captioned petition is taken up for hearing the same day.

Ratio / Principle

Taking the aforesaid considerations into account, the impugned order dated 14.02.2025 passed in GP No. 48/2012 is set aside.

Key takeaways

The petitioner is granted liberty to lead his own evidence with effect from 19.11.2025 (the next date of hearing before the learned Family Court) in a time-bound manner, to be concluded on or before 12.12.2025, consistent with the timeline flowing from the Supreme Court's order dated 12.09.2025 in SLP (Civil) No. 7751 of 2025.ratio¶19
The present petition is allowed and disposed of in the aforesaid terms; pending applications, if any, also stand disposed of.ratio¶20

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

High Court of Delhi (Saurabh Banerjee, J.), CM(M) 378/2025, Vineet Taneja v. Ritu Taneja – order dated 18.11.2025. The petitioner's application for early hearing (CM APPL. 66767/2025) was allowed and the petition taken up the same day. Noting the Hon'ble Supreme Court's order dated 12.09.2025 in SLP (Civil) No. 7751 of 2025 directing the Learned Family Court to conclude the guardianship-petition trial within three months from 12.09.2025, and that the petitioner had led all evidence before the Family Court except his own (PW1) evidence (a supplemental trial having been directed by this Court vide paragraphs 37 and 40 of its order dated 22.11.2024), the Court set aside the impugned order dated 14.02.2025 passed in GP No. 48/2012 and granted the petitioner liberty to lead his own evidence from 19.11.2025, the next date of hearing before the learned Family Court, to be concluded on or before 12.12.2025. Petition allowed and disposed of; pending applications, if any, disposed of.

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

- CM(M) 378/2025

VINEET TANEJA

.....Petitioner

Through: Mr. Prosenjeet Banerjee, Ms. Shriya Singhal, Ms. Mhasilenuo Keditsu, Mr. Kushagra, Mr. Anshika Sharma and Ms. Vijayrajeshwari, Advs.

versus

RITU TANEJA .....Respondent Through: Respondent in person CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SAURABH BANERJEE

O R D E R % 18.11.2025

CM APPL. 66767/2025 (Early hearing by petitioner)

The petitioner, vide the present application seeks early hearing of the captioned petition.

For the reasons stated therein, the present application is allowed and the captioned petition is taken up for hearing today itself.

Accordingly, the present application stands disposed of. CM(M) 378/2025

As per order dated 12.09.2025 passed by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in SLP (Civil) No. 7751 of 2025, the Learned Family Court, seized of the guardianship petition, from which the present petition emanates, has been directed to conclude the trial in the matter within three months with

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effect from 12.09.2025.

It is not in dispute that before the Learned Family Court, the petitioner herein has already led evidence except for his own (PW1) evidence. In fact, a supplemental trial was directed by this Hon’ble Court vide paragraphs 37 and 40 of the order dated 22.11.2024.

Taking the aforesaid into consideration, the impugned order dated 14.02.2025 passed in GP No. 48/2012 is set aside. However, the Petitioner is directed to is granted liberty to lead his own evidence with effect from 19.11.2025, the next date of hearing fixed before the learned Family Court in a time bound manner to conclude it on or before 12.12.2025.

In view thereof, the present petition is allowed and disposed of in the aforesaid terms. The pending applications, if any, also stand disposed of.

SAURABH BANERJEE, J

NOVEMBER 18, 2025/Ab

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