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Akhilesh Vedhera v. Shikha Arora

Delhi HC9 Apr 2026CM(M)/768/2026

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Leave and liberty granted to withdraw the petition, with liberty to move an appropriate application before the learned Family Court with respect to the aforesaid relief; petition dismissed as withdrawn and pending application(s), if any, disposed of. ¶24

Akhilesh Vedhera Vs Shikha Arora — Writ and Judicial Review | Delhi HC (2026)

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Issue for consideration

Whether the High Court should direct the Ld. Family Court to pre-pone the hearing listed for 06.07.2026, expedite disposal of the visitation-rights and interim-custody applications, and adjudicate and decide custody petition G.P. No 25/2025 within specified time-bound periods.

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Court's answer

Leave and liberty granted to the petitioner to withdraw the present petition, with liberty to move an appropriate application before the learned Family Court with respect to the aforesaid relief.

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Ratio / Principle

The exemption application CM APPL. 22997/2026 is allowed subject to all just exceptions and disposed of.

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Key takeaways

The present petition is dismissed as withdrawn and disposed of accordingly; the Court made no direction on the requested pre-ponement or expedition reliefs.ratio¶24
Pending application(s), if any, in the petition also stand disposed of.ratio¶25

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Delhi High Court (Amit Sharma, J.) — CM(M) 768/2026, Akhilesh Vedhera v. Shikha Arora (decided 09.04.2026): Petition under Article 227 of the Constitution of India, 1950 read with Section 151 CPC sought directions to the Ld. Addl. Principal Judge, Family Court, South West, Dwarka Courts, Dwarka, Delhi to (i) pre-pone the hearing of Petition No. GP 25 of 2025 listed for 06.07.2026, (ii) expedite disposal of the visitation-rights application (Annexure A3) of the minor son 'AV' and the interim-custody application (Annexure 2), and (iii) decide the custody petition G.P. No 25/2025 within six months. Learned counsel for the petitioner sought leave to withdraw the petition with liberty to pursue the relief directly before the Family Court; leave and liberty were granted and the petition was dismissed as withdrawn and disposed of, pending application(s) also being disposed of. No direction on expedition was issued by this Court.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

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- CM(M) 768/2026 & CM APPL. 22998/2026 ( placing on record certain docs)

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AKHILESH VEDHERA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Ankush Narang, Mr. Kshitij Kumar, Advs.

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versus

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SHIKHA ARORA .....Respondent Through: Mr. Rajeev Kumar Malik, Adv. through Vc.

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CORAM:

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HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT SHARMA

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O R D E R

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% 09.04.2026 1. This hearing has been done through hybrid mode.

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CM APPL. 22997/2026 (exemption)

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Allowed, subject to all just exceptions. This application is disposed of.

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CM(M) 768/2026 & CM APPL. 22998/2026 ( placing on record certain docs)

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The present petition under Article 227 of the Constitution of India, 1950 read with Section 151 of the CPC seeks the following prayers: -

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“1. Pass an order/direction to the Ld. Family Court to pre-pone the date of hearing which is next listed on 06.07.2026, expedite the disposal of Application seeking visitation rights (Annexure A3) of the minor son 'AV' in the case bearing Petition No. GP 25 of 2025 titled Akhilesh Vedhera v. Shikha Arora, pending before the Ld. Addl. Principal Judge, Family Court, South West, Dwarka Courts, Dwarka, Delhi, within a period of 2weeks or in a time bound manner as directed by this Hon'ble Court; And

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Further pass and order/direction to the Ld. Family Court to

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This is a digitally signed order.

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The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 15/04/2026 at 11:17:55

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expedite adjudication of all of the applications including the application seeking interim custody (Annexure 2), preferred within the said case before the Ld. Addl. Principal Judge, Family Court, South West, Dwarka Courts, Dwarka, Delhi, within a period of four weeks or in a time bound manner as directed by this Hon’ble Court; And

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Further pass an order/direction to the Ld. Family Court to expedite and adjudicate the custody petition bearing no G.P. No 25/2025 and adjudicate and decide the same within a period of 6 months or in a time bound manner as directed by this Hon‘ble Court;

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Pass any such order or orders that this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper, in view of the present true facts and circumstances of the present case in the interest of Justice.”

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Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner seeks leave of this Court to withdraw the present petition, with liberty to move an appropriate application before the learned Family Court with respect to the aforesaid relief.

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Leave and liberty granted.

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The present petition is dismissed as withdrawn and disposed of accordingly.

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Pending application(s), if any, also stands disposed of.

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Order be uploaded on the website of this Court, forthwith.

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AMIT SHARMA, J

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APRIL 9, 2026/ kr/db

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This is a digitally signed order.

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The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 15/04/2026 at 11:17:55

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