Bombay High Court

SANTOSH VITTHAL DAREKARversusCHHAYA SANTOSH DAREKAR

Disposal: DISMISSED
Bench: VIBHA KANKANWADI HITEN S VENEGAVKAR

Holding

Failure to supply a spare copy for service will lead to automatic dismissal of the petition.

Summary

The petitioner, Santosh Vitthal Darekar, filed a family court appeal against Chhaya Santosh Darekar in the Bombay High Court, Aurangabad Bench. The court directed the petitioner to provide a spare copy of the petition for service on the respondent by 6 March 2026. If the spare copy is supplied, the court will issue notice to the respondent and set the matter to be returnable after four weeks. The court warned that failure to supply the required copy will result in the automatic dismissal of the petition without further reference. No substantive merits of the dispute were addressed; the order is purely procedural.

Subjects

family law
civil procedure
service of notice

Judgment

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                                       IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                                                  BENCH AT AURANGABAD

                                        1027 FAMILY COURT APPEAL NO. 6 OF 2025

                                                   Santosh Vitthal Darekar
                                                           VERSUS
                                                   Chhaya Santosh Darekar

                                                         CORAM : SMT. VIBHA KANKANWADI AND
                                                                 HITEN S. VENEGAVKAR, JJ.
                                                          DATE    : 17 FEBRUARY, 2026
                       PER COURT :-

                       1.         Petitioner to supply spare copy for serving respondents on or

                       before 06.03.2026.


                       2.         If the spare copy is supplied, issue notice to respondents, to be

                       made returnable four weeks thereafter.


                       3.         In case of failure on the part of the petitioner to supply copies as

                       aforesaid, respective petitions would stand dismissed automatically

                       without further reference to the Court.




                        [ HITEN S. VENEGAVKAR ]                      [ SMT. VIBHA KANKANWADI ]
                                      JUDGE                                     JUDGE

                       SG Punde




Signed by: Sandeep Gulabrao Punde
Designation: PS To Honourable Judge
Date: 24/02/2026 18:20:01

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