IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH
A.S. CHANDURKAR, N.B. SURYAWANSHI, JJ.
Sadhana W/o Hemant Walwatkar – Appellant
Versus
Hemant S/o Shalikramji Walwatkar – Respondent
Family Court Appeal (FCA) No. 89 of 2014
Decided On : 18-02-2021
Family Courts Act, 1984 – Section 19(1) – Dissolution of marriage – Assumptions and presumptions – Hindu Marriage Petition – Held, Court therefore are of considered view that findings recorded and conclusions drawn by Family Court, since are not supported by pleadings and evidence on record, they are not sustainable – Family Court was not justified in granting decree of divorce in favour of respondent, in absence of pleadings of cruelty and supporting evidence for proving it – Court therefore find that impugned decision of Family Court is unsustainable in law and facts of case and same is liable to be set aside – Court Appeal allowed.
JUDGMENT :
N.B. SURYAWANSHI, J.
1. This appeal fled under Section 19(1) of the Family Courts Act, 1984 by the appellant wife takes exception to the judgment passed by the Family Court, Nagpur in Hindu Marriage Petition No. A-410 of 2004, thereby passing a decree of dissolution of marriage of the appellant wife and the respondent husband.
2. Facts, in brief, leading to this appeal are as follows:
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