ANUPRIYA SANTOSH UNNITHAN vs SANTOSH RAMCHANDRA UNNITHAN

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S.1.FCA.26.2022.odt IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION FAMILY COURT APPEAL NO. 26 OF 2022 WITH INTERIM APPLICATION NO. 2455 OF 2022 IN FAMILY COURT APPEAL NO. 26 OF 2022 Anupriya Santosh Unnithan, } Age – 35 years, Occu. - Household, } R/o. - C/o. V. Janardhan Kurup, } C-13, H. A. Housing Society, } S.No. 19, Yamunanagar, Nigadi, } Pune – 411 044. } … Appellant (Original Respondent) V/s. Santosh Ramchandra Unnithan, } Age – 37 years, Occu. - Business, } R/o. Plot No. 36, A/20, ‘E’ Ward, } Tarabai Park, Near Eagle Cement Pipe, } Kolhapur. } … Respondent (Original Petitioner) Mr. Amol B. Jagtap for the Appellant. Mr. Manish P. Gitay a/w Ms. Sangita Suryawanshi for the Respondent. 1/11 S.1.FCA.26.2022.odt CORAM : REVATI MOHITE DERE & SANDESH D. PATIL, JJ. DATE : 23RD SEPTEMBER, 2025. JUDGMENT :- (Per Sandesh D. Patil, J.) 1. Rule. Rule is made returnable forthwith with the consent of the parties. 2. The present appeal is filed by the Appellant-wife being aggrieved and dissatisfied with the Judgment and order dated 18.02.2021 passed by the Learned Judge, Family Court No. 4, Pune, bearing Petition No. A-1442 of 2018. The original proceedings are filed for divorce by the Respondent-husband under Section 13(1)(ia) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955. 3. The parties got married on 12.04.2015 at Kerala, as per Hindu customs and rites. The Respondent-husband filed a marriage petition i.e. Petition No. A-1442 of 2018 in the Family 2/11 S.1.FCA.26.2022.odt Court, Pune seeking dissolution of marriage on the ground of cruelty. 4. The Appellant submitted her written statement (Exh.14) denying all the allegations. 5. The matter was initially filed in Kolhapur but, it was later transferred to the Family Court, Pune. After the matter was transferred to the