SANDIP PRAVINBHAI MEHTAversusDEVANGI W/O SANDIPBHAI PRAVINBHAI MEHTA D/O BHASKARBHAI JATASHANKER JOSHI
- Disposal
- 35-ANY OTHER MODE @ ADM.STAGE
- Bench
- C DOSHI
Holding
The petition is disposed as not pressed.
Summary
The petitioner, Sandip Pravinbhai Mehta, filed a Special Civil Application before the Gujarat High Court seeking direction in a family dispute involving his wife, Devangi, and Jatashanker Joshi. The learned Family Court’s report was taken on record and the matter was scheduled for a final hearing on 25 March 2026. The petitioner’s counsel indicated that the case had been pending for final hearing since 2023. The Court observed that the petition was not actively pressed and therefore ordered it to stand disposed, directing the Family Court to proceed with the final hearing. No substantive merits of the dispute were addressed; the order merely dismissed the petition as unpressed.
Issues considered
- Whether the Special Civil Application should be entertained or disposed given that it is not actively pressed
Subjects
Judgment
C/SCA/1867/2026 ORDER DATED: 12/03/2026
IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD
R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 1867 of 2026
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SANDIP PRAVINBHAI MEHTA
Versus
DEVANGI W/O SANDIPBHAI PRAVINBHAI MEHTA D/O BHASKARBHAI
JATASHANKER JOSHI
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Appearance:
MR.SUBHASH G BAROT(2619) for the Petitioner(s) No. 1
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CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE J. C. DOSHI
Date : 12/03/2026
ORAL ORDER
The report tendered by the learned Family Court is
taken on record.
According to Learned advocate for the petitioner, now
the matter is kept for final hearing on 25.3.2026.
Under the circumstances, present petition stands
disposed of as not pressed requesting the learned Family
Court to consider that the matter is at the stage of final
hearing since 2023.
(J. C. DOSHI,J)
SHEKHAR P. BARVE
Original copy of this order has been signed by the Hon'ble Judge.
Digitally signed by: SHEKHAR PRAFULBHAI BARVE(HC00200), Principal Pvt. Secretary, at High Court of Gujarat on 12/03/2026 14:48:20
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