- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:46818 WP No. 28036 of 2025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 14TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2025 BEFORE THE HON'BLE SMT. JUSTICE LALITHA KANNEGANTI WRIT PETITION NO. 28036 OF 2025 (GM-FC) BETWEEN: SMT. R. JAYALAKSHMI AGED ABOUT 53 YEARS, W/O T. VENKATESH, R/AT NO. 25, FOOT OF CHAMUNDI HILL, GAVI MATT ROAD, MYSURU - 570 022. PRESENTLY R/AT NO. 61, EWS 3RD STAGE, 2ND PHASE, 3RD CROSS, DATTAGALLI, MYSORE - 570 022. …PETITIONER (BY SRI. SAMPATH A, ADVOCATE) AND: SRI. T VENKATESH AGED ABOUT 64 YEARS, S/O THIMMAIAH, Digitally signed by MEGHA MOHAN Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:46818 WP No. 28036 of 2025 R/AT NO. 61, EWS, DATTAGALLI 2ND PHASE, 3RD STAGE, 3RD CROSS, RAMAKRISHNA NAGAR, MYSURU - 570 022. ALSO R/AT NO. 1457, 12TH CROSS, JANATHA NAGAR, T.K. LAYOUT SHAUKAR, CHENNAIAH ROAD, MYSORE - 570 009. …RESPONDENT (BY SMT. RACHANA GANESH K, ADVOCATE FOR SRI. VINAY N, ADVOCATE) THIS WP IS FILED UNDER ARTICLE 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO QUASHING THE ORDER DATED 14.08.2025 PASSED ON APPLICATION UNDER SECTION 94 OF BNSS ACT BY THE LEARNED IST ADDL PRINCIPAL JUDGE FAMILY COURT MYSURU IN CRL MISC NO. 559/2024 VIDE ANNX-A AND ETC., THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING IN 'B' GROUP, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:46818 WP No. 28036 of 2025 CORAM: HON'BLE SMT. JUSTICE LALITHA KANNEGANTI ORAL ORDER Aggrieved by the order passed in Crl.Misc.No.559/2024 dated 14.08.2025 by I Additional Principal Judge, Family Court, Mysuru, whereby the Family Court had rejected the application filed under Section 94 of the BNSS Act. 2. For the sake of convenience, the parties are referred to as husband and wife. 3. Wife has filed an application under Section 94 of the BNSS Act seeking issuance of direction to the Accounts officer, Pension Department, University of Mysuru to produce the pension details of the respondent/husband, retirement benefit of the husband, Service Register and recent pension extract/pension slip before the Family Court, which came to be dismissed. 4. The Family Court observing that the husband has produced recent SBI Bank account to convince the Court that he is regularly receiving the pension amount from the University of Mysuru and even for the month of June, 2025 and July, 2025, he received pension amount from the University of - 4 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:46818 WP No. 28036 of 2025 Mysuru apart from his SBI Bank regarding credit of retirement benefits remitted to his bank account. When such being the case, once again summoning the documents from the Accounts Officer of the University of Mysuru belong to the husband does not arise and its hold no case. The Family Court also observed that the husband has already produced the documents before the Family Court in response to the notice taken by the wife and the same is available in the case file. The documents summoned by the wife are not required for adjudication of the case and accordingly, the application is dismissed. 5. When this matter came up on the last occasion, this Court had directed the husband to file an affidavit before this Court showing what is the pension and what are the retirement benefit he has received. 6. The husband has filed the affidavit. It is stated that he was working as Attender in the University of Mysuru and he retired from the service on 30.09.2019. A sum of Rs.12,43,191/- is credited to his account on 15.10.2019 towards Death-cum-Retirement Gratuity (DCRG) and a sum of Rs.4,21,640/- is credited on 24.01.2020 towards Leave - 5 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:46818 WP No. 28036 of 2025 Encashment. Total sum of Rs.16,64,831/- was received by him as retirement benefit and pursuant to the retirement, initially pension amount which is credited to his account was Rs.14,765/- and presently, he is receiving a sum of Rs.27,398/- per month as pension. The pension payment order dated 25.09.2019 and the Bank statement were produced before the Family Court and the same are also produced before this Court as Annexures-E and F. 7. Considering the affidavit that is filed before this Court and in the light of the observations that are made by the Family Court, this Court is of the view that the application filed by the petitioner/wife is devoid of merits and no interference is called for with the order impugned. Accordingly, this Court is passing the following: ORDER i) The writ petition is dismissed. ii) All pending IAs, if any, shall stand closed. SD/- (LALITHA KANNEGANTI) JUDGE VM/List No.: 1 Sl No.: 18