ARUSHI KRISHNA DASGUPTA vs GOUROV DASGUPTA

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$~10 and 9 (25.11.2025) * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: 26.11.2025 + MAT.APP.(F.C.) 331/2023, CM APPL. 58003/2023, CM APPL. 58004/2023, CM APPL. 33028/2024, CM APPL. 50135/2024, CM APPL. 44461/2025 and CM APPL. 60942/2025 ARUSHI KRISHNA DASGUPTA .....Appellant Through: Mr. Yash Mishra, Adv. versus GOUROV DASGUPTA .....Respondent Through: Ms. Nikita Bhardwaj, Adv. + CONT.CAS(C) 906/2024, CM APPL. 50144/2024, CM APPL. 43985/2025 and CM APPL. 43986/2025 COURT ON ITS OWN MOTION .....Petitioner Through: versus GOUROV DASGUPTA .....Respondent Through: Ms. Nikita Bhardwaj, Adv. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KSHETARPAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH VAIDYANATHAN SHANKAR J U D G M E N T (ORAL) ANIL KSHETARPAL, J. 1. This matter is being taken up today as 25.11.2025 was declared a holiday on the occasion of 350th anniversary of ‘Guru Teg Bahadur’s Martyrdom Day’. Signature Not Verified Signed By:JAI NARAYAN MAT.APP.(F.C.) 331/2023 & Signing Date:28.11.2025 connected matter Page 1 of 4 15:07:55 2. This order shall dispose of two connected cases, one being CONT.CAS(C) 906/2024 and the other is MAT.APP.(F.C.) 331/2023. 3. Through MAT.APP.(F.C.) 371/2023, the Appellant assails the correctness of the order dated 03.06.2023 passed by the learned Judge, Family Court, Dwarka, New Delhi in Guardianship Petition No. 73/2021, whereby the Appellant’s petition was held to be not maintainable for want of territorial jurisdiction. 4. As per Section 9 of the Guardianship and Wards Act, 1890, the Petition is required to be filed before the Court where the minor child ordinarily resides. 5. The Appellant filed petition before the Family Court at Delhi on 03.09.2021. As per the allegation of the Appellant, the Respondent/Husband took away the minor child on 23.07.2020. 6.