IN THE HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH AT JABALPUR BEFORE HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE VISHAL DHAGAT &

HON'BLE SMT. JUSTICE ANURADHA SHUKLA

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ON THE 17 OF DECEMBER, 2025 FIRST APPEAL No. 2088 of 2024 SANGAMLAL GUPTA Versus RAKHI GUPTA Appearance:

Ms. Vidhi Singh - Advocate for the appellant.

Shri Rajendra Prasad Gupta - Advocate for the respondent.

ORDER Per: Justice Anuradha Shukla In this appeal the order dated 29.5.2024 passed by the Principal Judge, Family Court, Rewa, in MJC No.08/2023 is under challenge here, whereby the application filed under Order 9 Rule 13 of CPC by appellant-husband along with an application under Section 5 of the Limitation Act was dismissed.

2. The fact admitted for the decision of this appeal are that a petition under Sections 12 and 27 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 was filed by respondent-wife against appellant-husband for seeking a declaration that the marriage between the parties was null and void and also for seeking return of dowry items and cash amount given to appellant-husband at the time of marriage. The said petition was registered as a civil suit bearing RCHM No.130/2021, which was admittedly decreed ex-parte. MJC No.8/2023 preferred by appellant-husband