Smt Shruthi v. Vs Sri B N Praveen
Case brief
What is this about?
Article 227 writ petition against Family Court order dismissing recall of PW1 for further cross-examination; Order XVIII Rule 17 CPC; Order XVII CPC; Section 151 CPC; Section 114 CPC review; Order VI Rule 17 amendment; gross negligence of wife; protraction of divorce proceedings M.C.No.2270/2019; repeated reopening and recall applications I.A.Nos.VIII, IX, XII, XIII, XVIII, XIX; earlier W.P.No.9760/2024 direction to cross-examine at a stretch; cross-examination closed 09.06.2025; restitution of conjugal rights plea; interim maintenance over Rs.27,00,000/- alleged by husband; costs Rs.10,000/- to Sainik Welfare Fund; conditional participation on proof of cost payment; abuse of adjournments; Karnataka High Court; Dr. Justice Chillakur Sumalatha.
What did the court decide?
No relief to the petitioner; writ petition dismissed with heavy costs of Rs.10,000/- payable to the Sainik Welfare Fund within three weeks; Family Court directed to continue and dispose of the proceedings, with the wife permitted to participate only upon producing sufficient proof of payment of costs.