Sau. Swati W/O Dattadigambar Bedarkar v. Dattadigambar Krushnarao Bedarkar
2026:BHC-NAG:6243 19.mca.218.2026.odt
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
NAGPUR BENCH : NAGPUR MISC. CIVIL APPLICATION NO.218 OF 2026 Sau. Swati W/o Dattadigambar Bedarkar .Vs. Dattadigambar Krushnarao Bedarkar Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Court's or Judge's Order Coram, appearances, Court's Orders or directions and Registrar's order Mr. V.J. Gawali, Advocate for applicant.
CORAM : ROHIT W. JOSHI, J.
DATE : 22/04/2026 1.
The present application is filed seeking transfer of the HMP No.209 of 2021 from the file of the learned Civil Judge Senior Division, Pusad to the Court of learned Civil Judge Senior Division, Washim. Distance between Pusad and Washim is 65 kms. It is stated that the applicant/wife has lodged FIR on 23.09.2021 under Section 498-A of the IPC against the husband and others and therefore it will be appropriate that the wife is not forced to attend the proceedings at Pusad. The proceedings pending since the year 2021. No untoward incident is mentioned in the application regarding any violence or threat being extended to the applicant after registration of FIR and institution of divorce petition. A period of six years is lapsed since the date of institution of proceedings. Apart from the above, no other ground is raised seeking transfer of the petition.
2.
Having regard to the distance between two places as also having regard to the fact that the petition is pending from 2021, application is rejected.
19.mca.218.2026.odt 3.
In the event the applicant /wife makes an application for appearance through Video Conferencing, the same may be considered favourably and permission to appear through Video Conferencing may be granted on such dates and at such stages as is deemed appropriate by the learned Family Court.
4.
It will be open for the applicant/ wife to move an application before the learned Civil Court seeking expenses of conveyance from Washim to Pusad and other incidental expenses for attending the Court proceeding at Pusad.
(ROHIT W. JOSHI, J.) C.L. Dhakate