HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL

Writ Petition Misc. Single No. 3001 of 2025

29 October, 2025

Mukund Chaturvedi

--Petitioner

Versus

Malvika Chaturvedi

--Respondent

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Presence:-

Ms. Medha Pande, learned counsel for the petitioner.

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Hon'ble Pankaj Purohit, J.

This writ petition has been moved by the

petitioner, under Article 227 of the Constitution of India, seeking a direction to the learned 1^st Additional Principal Judge, Family Court, Dehradun to expedite the

Mukund Chaturvedi

proceedings of O.S. No.1103 of 2022,

vs. Malvika Chaturvedi

, under Section 13(1)(a)(ib) and

Section 26 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, pending

before it, within a stipulated time frame.

2. It is contended by the learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner filed a divorce suit against the respondent-wife on the ground of cruelty on 08.09.2022. The respondent-wife was duly served with summons in Original Suit No. 1103 of 2022. Thereafter, the respondent-wife filed her written statement, and the petitioner also submitted his examination-in-chief. However, the respondent-wife ha