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LAXMI NARAYANA ALISHETTY
Phani Raghavalu Meduri – Appellant
Versus
Lakshmi Meduri – Respondent
ORDER :
Laxmi Narayana Alishetty, J.
1. This Civil Revision Petition is filed seeking to set aside the order dated 14.09.2022 passed by the I Additional Family Court, Hyderabad in I.A.No.277 of 2021 in O.P.No.489 of 2020.
2. The aforesaid application was filed by the petitioner under Order I Rule 10(2) of CPC to implead one Kranti Kondapally in the O.P. as respondent No.2. By the impugned order, the trial Court dismissed the said application.
3. Heard Sri J.Prabhakar, learned senior counsel, representing Ms. V.Preeti Reddy, learned counsel on record for the petitioner, and Sri Ch.Koteswara Rao, learned counsel for respondent. Perused the entire material available on record.
4. The O.P. was filed by the petitioner-husband for dissolution of marriage between him and the respondent-wife, by granting a decree of divorce, on the ground of cruelty and adultery on the part of the respondent-wife.
5. In the said O.P., the petitioner filed an application under Order I Rule 10(2) CPC praying to implead one Kranti Kondapally in the said O.P. as respondent No.2.
6. In the affidavit, filed in support of the application, the petitioner alleged that on 25.02.2019, he received a call from one Kranti Kond
In divorce proceedings alleging adultery, the alleged adulterer must be joined as a co-respondent for effective adjudication, as mandated by Rule 8 of the Hindu Marriage Act.
A divorce petition can proceed without adding an alleged adulterer as a party unless the decree specifically seeks to address adultery as a ground for divorce.
The alleged adulterer must be impleaded as a co-respondent in divorce petitions based on adultery if known, to ensure fairness and discourage reckless allegations.
In a divorce petition filed on the ground of adultery, the person with whom either party is having adultery relation must be made a party respondent.
(1) Divorce suit – Divorce petition could not be rejected merely because a part of cause of action was not viable in law if Court otherwise had jurisdiction to entertain the action.(2) Divorce suit –....
The court established that allegations of adultery must be substantiated with credible evidence, and the absence of such evidence can lead to the dismissal of divorce petitions under the Hindu Marria....
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