Sri. Charan Puthran v. Smt. Niveditha
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka HC (Bengaluru), Division Bench of Jayant Banerji and Umesh M Adiga, JJ., oral judgment dated 04.08.2025 (NC: 2025:KHC:30077-DB) in MFA No. 8914 of 2017 (FC), Charan Puthran v. Niveditha: appeal against Family Court, Mangaluru decree dated 11.10.2017 in M.C.No.314/2015 (petition under Sections 9 and 24, Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, allowed) dismissed for non-prosecution on account of appellant's counsel being absent and earlier non-compliance with the 30.10.2018 conditional-stay deposit direction; interim stay had stood automatically vacated per order of 19.07.2022; Registrar directed to communicate order to trial Court within one week. Merits not considered; no case law cited; no monetary quantum fixed (only the 50% deposit condition referenced).
What did the court decide?
No substantive relief; the Miscellaneous First Appeal is dismissed for non-prosecution. The Registrar concerned is directed to communicate the order to the concerned Court which passed the decree within a period of one week.