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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI
HARISH VAIDYANATHAN SHANKAR, ANIL KSHETARPAL
Nitin Jain – Appellant
Versus
Pallavi Jain – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. basic facts of marriage and prior proceedings. (Para 2 , 3 , 4) |
| 2. appellant's arguments regarding jurisdiction and wrongful conduct. (Para 5 , 6 , 7) |
| 3. court's observations on jurisdiction and rights under hma. (Para 10) |
JUDGMENT :
ANIL KSHETARPAL, J.
1. The present Appeal has been filed under Section 19 of the Family Courts Act, 1984 assailing the Judgement dated 08.01.2025 [hereinafter referred to as the 'Impugned Judgment'], passed by the learned Principal Judge, Family Court, District North West, Rohini Court, Delhi, [Family Court], in HMA No. 1040/2020 titled Pallavi Jain v. Nitin Jain, allowing the petition under Section 13 (1A)(ii) of HMA filed by the Respondent herein and thereby dissolving the marriage between the parties.
FACTUAL MATRIX:
2. At the outset, it will be apposite to advert to the salient facts leading up to the institution of the present appeal. The marriage between the Appellant and the Respondent was solemnized on 15.01.2005, according to Hindu rites and customs at Delhi. Out of the said wedlock, a child was born on 30.10.2006.
3. On a petition filed by the Appellant under Section 9 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 , [ HMA ], for restitution of
A decree granted by a court lacking territorial jurisdiction is voidable and not automatically void; the statutory right to divorce under specific sections exists even if previous proceedings are pen....
Territorial jurisdiction of Family Court - Family Court is obliged to function so as to relieve parties of suffering that they are going through on account of matrimonial disputes.
A court cannot raise a lack of territorial jurisdiction if it previously accepted jurisdiction without objection from either party, aiming to facilitate resolution of matrimonial disputes.
The Family Court lacked jurisdiction in the divorce proceedings, necessitating transfer of the case to the appropriate court as per the Hindu Marriage Act.
The central legal point established in the judgment is that the issue of territorial jurisdiction in a divorce case is a mixed question of law and facts and cannot be decided in a piecemeal manner.
A marriage established under the Hindu Marriage Act remains valid and binding regardless of subsequent foreign citizenship, thus Indian courts have jurisdiction over related matrimonial disputes.
The jurisdiction over matrimonial disputes involving Hindus married in India remains under Indian law, regardless of their foreign citizenship, thus invalidating foreign divorce decrees not adhering ....
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