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Delhi High Court · 2026-01-09

JAGMEET CHOPRA vs BASANT SAWHNEY

Citation / case number
MAT.APP.(F.C.)-433/2025 2026:DHC:128-DB
Court
Delhi High Court
Petitioner
JAGMEET CHOPRA
Respondent
BASANT SAWHNEY
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Judgment text excerpt

$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on: 22.12.2025 Judgment pronounced on: 09.01.2026 Judgment uploaded on: 09.01.2026 MAT.APP.(F.C.) 433/2025, CM APPL. 81004/2025 & CM APPL. 81005/2025 JAGMEET CHOPRA .....Appellant Through: Appellant in-person. versus BASANT SAWHNEY .....Respondent Through: Mr. Vaibhav Sharma, Ms. Urvashi Sharma and Mr. Vinayak Gautam, Advs. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KSHETARPAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH VAIDYANATHAN SHANKAR JUDGMENT ANIL KSHETARPAL, J. 1. Through the present Appeal, the Appellant-father assails the correctness of the order dated 15.12.2025 [hereinafter referred to as ‘Impugned Order’] passed by the learned Family Court, Patiala House Courts, New Delhi, whereby the Family Court, in exercise of its discretionary jurisdiction, allowed the application moved on behalf of the Respondent-mother seeking modification of the earlier order dated 14.11.2024 and, accordingly, modified the visitation arrangement by directing that the Appellant shall meet the minor daughter on the 2nd and 4th Saturday of every month at Ambience Mall, Vasant Kunj, 2. The short issue which arises for consideration in the present Appeal is whethe