Bombay High Court

POOJA SWAPNIL SONAWANE NEE POOJA ANIL JAWDEversusSWAPNIL SANDEEP SONAWANE AND ANR

Decided: 18 April 2026
Disposal: Disposed Off
Bench: N R BORKAR

Holding

The High Court directed the Family Court to permit the petitioner to file a written statement, to cross‑examine the respondent and witnesses, and to decide the divorce petition expeditiously.

Summary

The petitioner, Pooja Swapnil Sonawane, filed a writ petition before the Bombay High Court seeking a divorce from her husband, Swapnil Sandeep Sonawane. The High Court, after hearing counsel, directed the Family Court to allow the petitioner-wife to file a written statement on the next date. It also ordered that the petitioner be permitted to cross‑examine the respondent and any other witnesses. The Court emphasized that the Family Court should endeavour to decide the divorce petition as early as possible. Accordingly, the writ petition was disposed of subject to these procedural directions.

Issues considered

Whether the Family Court should be directed to permit the petitioner to file a written statement and to cross‑examine the respondent and witnesses in the divorce proceeding?

Subjects

divorce
family law
procedural direction
High Court
writ petition
written statement
cross‑examination

Judgment

                                                               5-cwp-12531-25.odt


           IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                   CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
                 WRIT PETITION NO. 12531 OF 2025

Pooja Swapnil Sonawane
Nee Pooja Anil Jawde                              …Petitioner
      V/s.
Swapnil Sandeep Sonawane & Anr.                    ...Respondents.
                             …………..
Adv. Gypson John a/w. Adv. Riya John for the Petitioner.
Ms Shraddha Singh i/b Ms Seema S. Singh for the Respondent
No.1.
                            …………..
                           CORAM :          N.R. BORKAR, J.
                           DATE       :     18.04.2026.
P.C. :

1.       I have heard the learned counsel for the parties.


2.       As the petition is for divorce, the learned Family Court shall
permit the petitioner-wife to file written statement. The petitioner-
wife       shall file the written statement on the next date in the
matter before the Family court. Learned Family Court shall permit
the petitioner to        cross-examine the     respondent and           other
witnesses, if any.


3.       Learned Family Court shall endeavour to decide the divorce
petition as early as possible.


4.       The Petition is disposed of in the aforesaid terms.


                                                [N.R.BORKAR, J.]



Dinesh S. Sherla                       1/1

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