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1992 Supreme(Ori) 242

S.C.MOHAPATRA
ANITA DASH – Appellant
Versus
DEVI PRASAD ACHARYA – Respondent


Advocates Appeared:
B.H. Mohanty and R.K. Nayak, for the Appellant; Bijan Ray and C. Choudhury, for the Respondent

JUDGMENT :

S.C. Mohapatra, J. - This is a Civil Revision u/s 48 of the Guardian and Wards Act (for short, 'the Act') read with Section 115 of the CPC (for short, 'the Code').

2. Undisputably, petitioner is the wife and opposite party is her husband. Both are Hindus. They have a child aged about 5 years. Husband filed an application for dissolution of marriage in the Court of the Subordinate Judge, Bhubaneswar, which is the district Court as defined under the Hindu Marriage Act. This proceeding is continuing and it is slated that husband has examined himself as a witness. During the pendency of the matrimonial proceeding husband filed an application u/s 7 of the Act for guardianship of the child. Wife entered appearance in that proceeding and prayed that the proceeding should be stayed since the points on which the guardianship is sought are also the points for dissolution of marriage and there may be inconsistency in findings of both the forums.

3. Learned District Judge has rejected this application on the findings that the proceeding under the Act is not a suit and Section 10 of (be Code is not applicable.

4. This is the grievance of the petitioner in the present Civil Revision.

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