- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:25053 WP No. 18023 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 9TH DAY OF JULY, 2025 BEFORE THE HON'BLE SMT. JUSTICE LALITHA KANNEGANTI WRIT PETITION NO. 18023 OF 2025 (GM-FC) BETWEEN: MR. ANOKH JOSHI S/O MR. NARAYANA JOSHI, AGED ABOUT 35 YEARS, OCCUPATION: BANK EMPLOYEE PRESENTLY RESIDING AT C/O MR. H.N.KUMAR, MAHADESHWARA SWAMY TEMPLE ROAD, GOKULA BADAWANE, HANSUR TOWN, MYSURU-571 105 PERMANENTLY RESIDING AT PLOT NO. 305, 'A' BLOCK, LAKWIN RESIDENCY, CHENNASANDRA, RAJARAJESWARINAGAR, BANGALORE – 560 098. …PETITIONER (BY SRI. AKSHAY RAMACHANDRA HUDDAR, ADVOCATE) AND: MRS. VINITA SIRUR W/O MR. ANOKH JOSHI, D/O MR. VENKATESH SIRUR, AGED ABOUT 29 YEARS, HOUSE NO. 759, 9TH MAIN ROAD, RPC LAYOUT, VIJAYANAGAR 2ND STAGE, BANGALORE – 560 104. …RESPONDENT THIS WP IS FILED UNDER ARTICLE 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA, PRAYING TO DIRECT THE LEARNED FAMILY COURT TO DISPOSE OF THE PENDING MATRIMONIAL CASE Digitally signed by MEGHA MOHAN Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:25053 WP No. 18023 of 2025 FILED BY THE PETITIONER, WITHIN A PERIOD OF THREE MONTHS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAW, THE COPY OF THE PETITION AND ORDER SHEET IN M.C.NO. 4104/2020 IS HEREIN PRODUCED AS ANNEXURE-D. THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE SMT. JUSTICE LALITHA KANNEGANTI ORAL ORDER The present writ petition is filed seeking the following prayer: a) Issue an appropriate writ, order, or direction, directing the learned Family Court to dispose of the pending matrimonial case filed by the petitioner, within a period of three months, in accordance with law. The copy of the petition and order sheet in MC.No.4104/2020 is herein produced as Annexure-D. b) Pass such other and further orders as this Hon’ble court may deem fit an proper in the interest of justice and equity. This matter is pending before the IV Addl. Principal Judge, Family Court, Bangalore. The MC is of the year 2020. The family courts at Bangalore are making their best efforts to dispose of the matter filed till 2019. 2. This court cannot direct the family court to take up 2020 matter. Once the 2019 matters are completed then on priority, 2020 matters will be taken up expeditiously. - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:25053 WP No. 18023 of 2025 3. In that view of the matter, this court is passing the following: ORDER i. The Family Court shall give priority to this MC, once the 2019 pending matters are completed. ii. Accordingly, the writ petition is dispose off. iii. All pending I.As., in the writ petition shall stand closed. SD/- (LALITHA KANNEGANTI) JUDGE TS List No.: 1 Sl No.: 21