Manish Chadha Vs Gurpreet Kaur — Delhi HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

Manish Chadha Vs Gurpreet Kaur — Delhi HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

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Outcome

Transfer prayer (a) was not pressed and no transfer was ordered; the petition was disposed of with a request to the Principal Judge, Family Court, North-West, Rohini Courts to expedite the pending divorce proceedings, keeping in view the judgments dated 16.03.2016 in W.P.(CRL) 558/2015 and 02.08.2023 in MAT. APP.(F.C.) 75/2023, without undue adjournments to either party.

Issue for consideration

Whether the divorce case HMA No. 500/2024 should be transferred from the Family Court, North-West District, Rohini, Delhi to the Family Court, South-West at Dwarka, Delhi (prayer (a), subsequently not pressed by the petitioner). +1 more

Ratio / Principle

The present petition is disposed of with a request to the learned Principal Judge, Family Court, North-West, Rohini Courts to expedite the proceedings pending before it.

Key takeaways

The expedition of the proceedings is to be made keeping in view the judgments dated 16.03.2016 in W.P.(CRL) 558/2015 and 02.08.2023 in MAT. APP.(F.C.) 75/2023, without giving any undue adjournment to either of the parties.ratio¶22
Pending application(s), if any, also stand disposed of accordingly.ratio¶23
A copy of the order is to be sent to the concerned learned Family Court, North-West, Rohini Courts, Delhi, for necessary information and compliance.ratio

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Transfer Petition (Civil) under Section 24 CPC seeking transfer of divorce case HMA No. 500/2024 (Manish Chadha Vs Gurpreet Kaur) from the Principal Judge, Family Court, North-West District, Rohini, Delhi to the Family Court, South-West at Dwarka, Delhi, where the earlier Presiding Judge who had already heard final arguments was posted. At the outset, learned counsel for the petitioner did not press prayer (a) on account of a subsequent event. The Court noted earlier judgments dated 16.03.2016 in W.P.(CRL) 558/2015 and 02.08.2023 in MAT. APP.(F.C.) 75/2023 directing time-bound disposal, and despite the respondent's allegation of delay by adjournments (refuted by the petitioner), disposed of the petition with a request to the Principal Judge, Family Court, North-West, Rohini Courts to expedite the pending proceedings without undue adjournments to either party. Pending applications stood disposed of; a copy of the order was directed to be sent to the concerned Family Court for information and compliance. (Amit Sharma, J.; order dated 11.02.2026.)

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

- TR.P.(C.) 179/2025

MANISH CHADHA .....Petitioner

Through: Ms. Kanchan Yadav, Ms. Sonia Dubey and Ms. Saumya Sharma, Advocates.

versus

GURPREET KAUR .....Respondent Through: Ms. Anu Narula and Mr. Robin Suri, Advocates.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT SHARMA

O R D E R % 11.02.2026

This hearing has been done through hybrid mode.

The present petition under Section 24 of the CPC seeks the following

prayers: -

“a) Direct transfer of divorce case HMA No. 500/2024 titled Manish Chadha Vs Gurpreet Kaur from the Court of Principal Judge, Family Court, North- West District, Rohini, Delhi to the Family Court, South-West at Dwarka, Delhi, where the earlier Presiding Judge who has already heard the final arguments is presently posted;

b) Pass such other and further orders as this Hon’ble Court may deem fit and proper in the interest of justice.”

Learned counsel for the petitioner, at the very outset, submits that she does not wish to press prayer ‘a)’ of the present petition on account of a subsequent event.

It is pointed out that on previous occasion as well, vide judgment dated

This is a digitally signed order.

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16.03.2016 in W.P.(CRL) 558/2015 and judgment dated 02.08.2023 in MAT. APP.(F.C.) 75/2023, directions have been given to learned Family Court for time bound disposal of the subject petition.

On the other hand, learned counsel for the respondent submits that the petitioners have been delaying the trial by taking adjournments, which is refuted by learned counsel for the petitioner.

Be that as it may, the present petition is disposed of with request to the learned Principal Judge, Family Court, North-West, Rohini Courts to expedite the proceedings pending before it, keeping in view the aforesaid judgments dated 16.03.2016 in W.P.(CRL) 558/2015 and 02.08.2023 in MAT. APP.(F.C.) 75/2023, without giving any undue adjournment to either of the parties.

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

Copy of the order be sent to the concerned learned Family Court, NorthWest, Rohini Courts, Delhi, for necessary information and compliance.

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

AMIT SHARMA, J

FEBRUARY 11, 2026/bsr

This is a digitally signed order.

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 13/02/2026 at 11:01:05