- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:32320 WP No. 24922 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 19TH DAY OF AUGUST, 2025 BEFORE THE HON'BLE SMT. JUSTICE LALITHA KANNEGANTI WRIT PETITION NO. 24922 OF 2025 (GM-FC) BETWEEN: SRI. MANJUNATH S., S/O SRI. L. SUBRAMANYA, AGED ABOUT 37 YEARS, RESIDING AT NO. 179, 7TH CROSS, SHASTRINAGAR, BENGALURU - 560 028 …PETITIONER (BY SRI. AMIT ANAND, ADVOCATE) AND: SMT CHETHANA S. PUSHPALATHA W/O SRI. MANJUNATH S., AGED ABOUT 31 YEARS, RESIDING AT NO. 1, 1ST MAIN, 3RD CROSS, OPP. GLASS FACTORY, MUNIYAPPA LAYOUT, CHELIKERE, BENGALURU 560 043. …RESPONDENT THIS WP IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA, PRAYING TO DIRECTING THE VI ADDITIONAL PRINCIPAL JUDGE, FAMILY COURT, BENGALURU, TO EXPEDITIOUSLY DISPOSE OF THE PROCEEDINGS IN M.C. NO. 5328/2022, PENDING ON THE FILE OF THE SAID COURT, WITHIN A TIME FRAME AS DEEMED FIT BY THIS HONBLE COURT, IN THE INTEREST OF JUSTICE. THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE SMT. JUSTICE LALITHA KANNEGANTI Digitally signed by MEGHA MOHAN Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:32320 WP No. 24922 of 2025 ORAL ORDER The present writ petition is filed seeking a direction to the VI Additional Principal Judge, Family Court to expeditiously dispose of the proceedings in MC.No.5328/2022. 2. Considering the huge pendency in the Family Court at Bengaluru, on administrative side instructions are already issued to the Courts to give priority to the matters till 2019 and dispose of the matters by 15.12.2025. Now, this is an MC of 2022, this Court cannot pass any direction to the Family Court to dispose of this matter out of turn, when much older matters are pending. In that view of the matter, this Court does not find any reason to pass any directions. 3. The petitioner can review his request after six months basing on the statistics order will be passed. 4. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of. 5. All pending I.As in the writ petition shall stand closed. SD/- (LALITHA KANNEGANTI) JUDGE RJ