R. JANI W/O SGT SANOJ SANKAR vs UNION OF INDIA AND ORS

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$~66 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 3319/2025, CM APPL. 15724/2025 & CM APPL. 15725/2025 R. JANI W/O SGT SANOJ SANKAR .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Pradeep Shukla and Mr. Vikash Prasad, Advs. versus UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Respondents Through: Dr. Vijendra Singh, CGSC with Mr. Abhinav Rathi, Mr. Rahul Kr. Sharma, Advs. Sgt. M. N. Khan and Vikas Kumar for IAF. Mr. Rahul Kumar Sharma, GP. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY DIGPAUL JUDGMENT (ORAL) % 18.03.2025 C. HARI SHANKAR, J. 1. This is an unsavory matrimonial dispute, which has donned the colours of a service lis palette. 2. The petitioner is the wife of one Sgt. Sanoj Sankar, who is a sergeant in the Indian Air Force. Sgt Sankar is Respondent 6 herein. 3. The petitioner and Sgt. Sanoj Sankar were married on 14 February 2014 according to Hindu rites and ceremonies. The matrimonial relationship between them soured, and it is the Signature Not Verified Signed By:MEENU W.P.(C) 3319/2025 Page 1 of 6 KALRA Signing Date:20.03.2025 18:15:48 petitioner’s allegation that Sgt Sankar also subjected her to physical abuse. 4. The acrimony between the parties resulted in filing of a divorce petition by Sgt Sanoj Sankar, which is pending before the Family Court at Chavara in Kerala. 5. The petitioner has also filed Complaint Case 322/2024 before the learned Judicial First Class Magistrate1, Sasthamkotta, Kollam, Kerala, alleging that the respondent contracted a second marriage while the marriage with the petitioner was subsisting. The said case is also stated to be pending presently before the learned JFCM. As of now, therefore, the divorce litigation, as well as the criminal case instituted by the petitioner before the learned JFCM, Sasthamkotta, are both pending. 6. The peti