B.J.Poornima v. B.R.Chethan Kumar
Case brief
What is this about?
MFA No. 9096 of 2019 (MC); High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru; oral judgment dated 20 January 2026; coram Jayant Banerji and T.M. Nadaf JJ. (per Banerji J.); appeal under S.28(1) Hindu Marriage Act against divorce decree dated 26.08.2019 in M.C No.56/2016, Prl. Senior Civil Judge and CJM, Mandya, granted under S.13(1)(i)(a) HMA; appeal dismissed on appellant's memo for withdrawal after counsel non-appearance on 06.01.2026; no merits decided; appellant Smt. B.J. Poornima (advocates Rajayoga K., Harsha V., Vrushabhendra B N.); respondent B.R. Chethan Kumar (advocate Chandrashekar H B.).
What did the court decide?
Despite the matter being called up repeatedly, no counsel appeared for the appellant when it was last listed on 06.01.2026. ¶¶30