{"id":56058,"date":"2010-08-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-08-09T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/smt-elizabath-josh-vs-avinash-josh-on-10-august-2010"},"modified":"2016-11-16T20:02:47","modified_gmt":"2016-11-16T14:32:47","slug":"smt-elizabath-josh-vs-avinash-josh-on-10-august-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/smt-elizabath-josh-vs-avinash-josh-on-10-august-2010","title":{"rendered":"Smt. Elizabath Josh vs Avinash Josh on 10 August, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Madhya Pradesh High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Smt. Elizabath Josh vs Avinash Josh on 10 August, 2010<\/div>\n<pre>                          W.P.No.9551\/2010\n\n          Smt. Elizabath Josh                  Avinash Josh\n\n\n\n\n10.8.2010.\n      Shri A.P.Singh, counsel for the petitioner.\n\n       Shri Nitin Pendharkar, counsel for respondent.<\/pre>\n<p>       This petition is directed against an order dated 7.4.2010<\/p>\n<p>passed     in Case No.28-A\/2010 by the First Additional Family<\/p>\n<p>Court, Jabalpur     by which the trial Court directed parties to<\/p>\n<p>produce evidence in the case       .\n<\/p>\n<p>       The contention of the petitioner before this Court is that in<\/p>\n<p>the light of written statement filed by the petitioner, a decree of<\/p>\n<p>divorce ought to have been passed by the trial Court. There is no<\/p>\n<p>need to record evidence in the case and merely on the basis of<\/p>\n<p>pleadings of the parties, a decree of divorce can be passed.<\/p>\n<p>       From the perusal of the facts of the case, we find that both<\/p>\n<p>the parties have alleged their allegations and counter allegations.<\/p>\n<p>The relief of the plaintiff Avinash Josh against the petitioner is for<\/p>\n<p>seeking a decree of divorce while the petitioner herein Smt.<\/p>\n<p>Elizabath Josh is seeking a decree against the respondent to<\/p>\n<p>declare the marriage dated 6.1.2007 as null and void. It is<\/p>\n<p>apparent that on the basis of facts as stated by the parties in the<\/p>\n<p>pleadings, different reliefs have been claimed by both the parties.<\/p>\n<p>In these circumstances, if the trial Court on the basis             of<\/p>\n<p>allegations and counter allegations, framed issues and directed<\/p>\n<p>parties to produce evidence, no fault is found. The contention of<\/p>\n<p>the petitioner that on the basis of the pleadings , the trial Court<br \/>\n                           W.P.No.9551\/2010<\/p>\n<p>          Smt. Elizabath Josh                  Avinash Josh<\/p>\n<p>ought to have passed a decree of divorce is misconceived and<\/p>\n<p>this petition is found without merit and is dismissed with cost.<\/p>\n<p>       At this stage, the learned counsel for the petitioner<\/p>\n<p>submitted that he will advise      his client to amend the written<\/p>\n<p>statement or may file an application for decree of divorce on the<\/p>\n<p>basis of mutual consent, so the trial Court may be directed to<\/p>\n<p>decide the case.     As no such application has been filed, no<\/p>\n<p>directions are required in this case. However, if the petitioner and<\/p>\n<p>respondent both jointly submit an application, needless to say the<\/p>\n<p>trial Court shall consider and decide the aforesaid application in<\/p>\n<p>accordance with law expeditiously.\n<\/p>\n<p>       Certified copy as per Rules.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<pre>       (Krishn Kumar Lahoti)              (J.K.Maheshwari)\n              Judge                            Judge\nJLL\n <\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Madhya Pradesh High Court Smt. Elizabath Josh vs Avinash Josh on 10 August, 2010 W.P.No.9551\/2010 Smt. Elizabath Josh Avinash Josh 10.8.2010. Shri A.P.Singh, counsel for the petitioner. Shri Nitin Pendharkar, counsel for respondent. This petition is directed against an order dated 7.4.2010 passed in Case No.28-A\/2010 by the First Additional Family Court, Jabalpur by which [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-court","category-madhya-pradesh-high-court"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Smt. 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