Smt. v. S. Seema v Sri. H. C. Theerthesh
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka High Court at Bengaluru; MFA No. 3035 of 2019 (MC); oral judgment dated 17.02.2026; coram Jayant Banerji and T.M.Nadaf, JJ.; appeal under S.19(1) of the Family Court Act against divorce judgment and decree dated 09.01.2019 in MC No.42/2017, Senior Civil Judge and JMFC, Periyapatna, granted under S.13(1)(ia) and (ib) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955; appellant absent despite two call-outs, appellant's counsel recorded absent; translated documents not filed; appeal dismissed for non-prosecution; no merits decided.
What did the court decide?
The appeal is dismissed for non-prosecution: despite the matter being called out twice nobody appeared for the appellant, translated copies of documents were not filed, and the order was passed in the presence of the respondent's counsel. ¶¶27