JYOTI MEHRA vs KAMAL KANT

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$~27 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 06.05.2025 + MAT.APP.(F.C.) 283/2024 JYOTI MEHRA .....Appellant Through: Mr. Siddharth Mittal, Mr. Abhijeet Varshney, Mr. Sumit K Sharma, Mr. Darshan Sejwal, Mrs. Shilpa G. Mittal, Advs. versus KAMAL KANT .....Respondent Through: Mr. Vikrant Chauhan, Adv. with Respondent in person. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAVIN CHAWLA HON’BLE MS. JUSTICE RENU BHATNAGAR NAVIN CHAWLA, J. (Oral) CM APPL. 49206/2024 (D-58 days in filing) 1. For the reasons stated in the application, the delay of 58 days in filing the appeal is condoned. 2. The application stands disposed of. MAT.APP.(F.C.) 283/2024 3. This appeal has been filed challenging the Order dated 16.05.2024 passed by the learned Judge, Family Court-01, South District, Saket Courts, New Delhi in HMA No. 390/2023 titled Jyoti Mehra v. Kamal Kant, dismissing the divorce petition filed by the appellant under Sections 13(1)(ia) and 13(1)(ib) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (hereinafter referred to as, ‘HMA’) on the ground that the appellant has been unable to prove the allegations against the Signature Not Verified Signed By:VIJAYA MAT.APP.(F.C.) 283/2024 Page 1 of 4 LAKSHMI DOBHAL Signing Date:09.05.2025 18:03:45 respondent. 4. The appellant had initially filed the divorce petition against the respondent on 01.07.2021 before the learned Family Court, Faridabad. Subsequently, on a petition filed by the respondent seeking transfer of the said divorce petition, the Supreme Court, vide an Order dated 16.01.2023, transferred the said divorce petition to the learned Family Court, Saket Courts. 5. The record reveals that thereafter, the respondent filed several applications before the learned Family Court, including an application under Order VI Rule 17 of the Code of Civil P