V.Rajesh vs S.Anupriya - 2025 Supreme(Mad) 4596

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2025 Supreme(Mad) 4596

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
J.Nisha Banu, R.Sakthivel
V.Rajesh – Appellant
Versus
S.Anupriya – Respondent

Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
For the Appellant : Mr. V. Kamalanathan for Mr. N. Manoharan
For the Respondent: Ms.R.Mahalakshmi

JUDGMENT :

R. SAKTHIVEL, J.

Rajesh and Anupriya are husband and wife, whose marriage was solemnized on September 16, 2015. They were blessed with a male child, namely Vignesh, on July 27, 2016. Some disputes shot up between the couple and hence the husband filed a petition on October 4, 2017 under Section 13 (1) (i-a) of ‘ HINDU MARRIAGE ACT , 1955’ [‘H.M. Act’ for short] seeking divorce before the Family Court, Chengalpattu and the same was taken on file in F.C.O.P. No.155 of 2017. Thereafter, as per the Order passed by this Court in Tr.C.M.P. No.975 of 2017 dated March 6, 2018, the case in F.C.O.P. No.155 of 2017 was transferred to Sub Court, Tambaram and renumbered as H.M.O.P. No.348 of 2018. Again as per the Order of this Court dated March 29, 2021 made in Tr.C.M.P. No.120 of 2021, the matter was transferred to Principal Family Court, Chennai and renumbered as H.M.O.P. No.2237 of 2021. Thereafter, as per the Order of the learned Principal Family Judge, Chennai dated February 20, 2023, the matter was transferred to 'the III Additional Principal Family Court, Chennai' ['the Family Court' for brevity], where the respondent-wife had filed for restitution of conjugal rights in H.M.O