IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/CRIMINAL REVISION APPLICATION (FOR MAINTENANCE) NO. 1021 of 2026 ==========================================================

BHADRESH MAHENDRABHAI CHAUHAN Versus SONAL (EX) W/O BHADRESH CHAUHAN D/O. ISHWARBHAI BHANABHAI TAMBOLI & ANR.

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Appearance:

MR H B SHETHNA(2436) for the Applicant(s) No. 1 MR BHARGAV PANDYA, APP for the Respondent(s) No. 2 ==========================================================

CORAM:HONOURABLE MS. JUSTICE GITA GOPI Date : 09/04/2026

ORDER

1. By way of the present application, the applicant is challenging the order dated 2.3.2026 passed by the learned 2^nd Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Vapi below Exh.10 in Criminal Misc.

Application no. 776 of 2025 passed.

2. Learned advocate Mr. H.B. Shethna for the applicant, while referring to the order and the observations made therein, stated that the main petition before the learned JMFC under the the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (hereinafter referred to as “the D.V. Act”) took about 14 years to decide the rights of the parties in accordance to the reliefs prayed. Learned advocate Mr. Shethna sub