MANVI HORA vs ABHINAV BATRA

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$~91 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 04th August, 2025 + CM(M) 1433/2025, CM APPL. 47062/2025 & CM APPL. 47063/2025 MANVI HORA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Uttam Datt, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Vikas Rohtagi, Ms. Sonakshi Singh, Mr. Neeraj Singh, Mr. Kumar Bhaskar, Ms. Aastha Vashist, Advocates. versus ABHINAV BATRA .....Respondent Through: Mr. Prashant Mendiratta, Ms. Neha J., Ms. Somyashree, Mr. Shubhashish Sharma, Mr. Chaitanya Girdhar and Ms. Avni Soni, Advocates along with respondent in person. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ JAIN J U D G M E N T (oral) 1. Petitioner is defending a divorce petition filed by her husband. 2. During the pendency of the abovesaid divorce petition, the learned Principal Judge, Family Court appointed a Local Commissioner, who is a retired District and Sessions Judge, for the purposes of recording of evidence of both the parties. 3. The husband agreed to bear the entire expenditure towards such commission. 4. It seems that the petitioner-wife wants her evidence to be recorded before the Court, instead of by learned Local Commissioner and it is in the abovesaid backdrop that the present petition has been filed. 5. It is also noticed that when the matter was to be taken up by the learned Local Commissioner for recording of deposition, her counsel did not appear Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed CM(M) 1433/2025 1 By:DINESH CHANDRA Signing Date:05.08.2025 16:37:04 before the learned Local Commissioner for cross-examination of her husband and, resultantly, the cross-examination has been directed to be deemed as closed in terms of order dated 17.05.2025 passed by learned Principal Judge, Family Court. 6. There is also a direction by the learned Principal Judge, Family Court to produce minor child of the parties