JUDGMENT/ORDER

1. Rule. rule is returnable forthwith.

2. Heard learned Counsel for the parties with the consent for final disposal.

3. The petitioner/wife challenged the order dtd. 25/07/2023 passed by the learned Trial Court whereby an application for directions to the respondent/husband to file an affidavit disclosing assets and liabilities, his source of Income, NRI Bank statement and other statements, was rejected.

4. Mr. Sardesai appearing for the petitioner submits that the impugned order is based on the observations of the Apex Court in Rajnesh v/s. Neha and Another [(2021) 2 SCC 324]. He submits that the Trial Court rejected the application only on the ground that in Rajnesh (supra), the Apex Court considered the aspect of filing such an affidavit at the interim stage whereas the matter before the trial Court is at the final stage.

5. Mr. Sardessai now submits that recently in the case of Aditi alias Mithi v/s. Jitesh Sharma Criminal Appeal No.3446/2023 decided on 06/11/2023 by the Apex Court, this aspect has been clarified in paragraph No.14. According to him, the observations in the case of Rajnesh(supra) are also applicable at the final stage and hence the trial Court has