Smt Priya Karthik v. Sri Kartik Sundaram
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka High Court, Bengaluru; neutral citation NC: 2025:KHC:46937-DB; decided 17-11-2025; MFA No. 1226 of 2018 (FC) C/W MFA No. 1225 of 2018 under Section 19(1) of the Family Court Act; challenge to Family Court decree dated 16.12.2017 in M.C.No.3676/2010 (V Addl. Principal Judge, Family Court, Bengaluru) dismissing Section 9 Hindu Marriage Act petition (restitution of conjugal rights); Smt. Priya Karthik (represented through POA holder Sri P.N. Gopalakrishnan) v. Sri Kartik Sundaram; advocates: Shankaranarayana Bhat N. for appellant (absent), G. N. Raichur for respondent; appeals dismissed for non-prosecution; no adjudication on merits.
What did the court decide?
Both appeals are dismissed for non-prosecution, as although the learned counsel for the respondent was present, no one appeared for the appellant. ¶48