Dipti Samantaray @ Dipti Baghasingh v. Padma Lochan Samantaray
Case brief
What is this about?
Dismissal for non-prosecution of matrimonial appeal MATA No.305 of 2025, Dipti Samantaray @ Dipti Baghisingh v. Padma Lochan Samantaray, High Court of Orissa at Cuttack, order dated 08.04.2026 by Justices Manash Ranjan Pathak and Sibo Sankar Mishra. Appellant-wife unrepresented on 20.11.2025, 16.12.2025, 22.01.2026 and 25.02.2026; Court notice to her counsel Soumya Dev Ray (via Secretary, Orissa High Court Bar Association and speed post, per order dated 25.02.2026) ineffective; appeal dismissed for non-prosecution and order communicated to the Judge, Family Court, Khurda. No merits adjudicated; no statutes or precedents cited; respondent-husband represented by Manoj Kumar Mohanty, Advocate.
What did the court decide?
As none appeared on behalf of the appellant, who had remained unrepresented on the last four occasions notwithstanding notice issued to her counsel Mr. Soumya Dev Ray, the appeal stands dismissed for non-prosecution.