JUDGMENT :

PRATHIBA M. SINGH, J.

1. This hearing has been done through hybrid mode.

CAV 221/2023

2. The caveat is discharged, as the caveator has appeared.

CM APPLs. 21458-60/2023

3. Allowed, subject to all just exceptions. Applications are disposed.

CM (M) 689/2023 & CM APPL. 21457/2023

4. The Petitioner and the Respondent are husband and wife who have been embroiled in an acrimonious matrimonial litigation.

5. In the present petition, the Petitioner - Naveen Kumar Dalal (hereinafter, “husband”) has challenged the impugned order dated 29th March, 2023 passed by the ld. Judge, Family Court, Patiala House Courts, New Delhi (hereinafter, “Family Court”) by which the right of the husband to cross examine the Respondent - Smt. Neelam Kadyan (hereinafter, “wife”) has been closed. The husband's evidence has also been closed and the matter has been fixed for final arguments for tomorrow i.e. on 29th April, 2023.

6. The petition seeking divorce was filed by the Wife in 2013 and is yet to reach a conclusion despite almost a decade having been passed. It appears that, repeatedly at every stage petitions are being filed by the husband challenging various orders passed by the ld. Family Court. One such