- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:8733 WP No. 27505 of 2024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 12TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2026 BEFORE THE HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE CHILLAKUR SUMALATHA WRIT PETITION NO.27505 OF 2024 (GM-FC) BETWEEN: MRS. JULIET KUKREJA, AGED ABOUT 44 YEARS, W/O. MR. HARMEET S., R/AT NO.18, PEE VEES RESI 2, 6TH CROSS, RA ROAD EJIPURA, VIVEKNAGAR, BANGALORE-560 047. MOB : 9845330551 EMAIL :julietkukreja@gmail.com …PETITIONER (BY SRI. MANJUNATH H., ADVOCATE) AND: MR. HARMEET SINGH, AGED ABOUT 46 YEARS, S/O MR. GURMIT SINGH, R/AT NO.504, 'STAR' 17 BLOCK, SUNCITY APARTMENT, Digitally signed by AASEEFA PARVEEN Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:8733 WP No. 27505 of 2024 SARJAPUR ROAD, BELLANDUR, BANGALORE-560102. MOB : 9880472368 EMAIL : harmeet77@gmail.com …RESPONDENT (SRI. HARMEET SINGH-RESPONDENT PARTY-IN-PERSON) THIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO CALL FOR RECORDS IN G AND WC NO.71/2020 PENDING ON THE FILE OF THE HONBLE I ADDL PRL JUDGE FAMILY COURT AT BANGALORE AND QUASH THE IMPUGNED ORDER IN G AND WC NO.71/20 DATED 06.08.2024 ON IA NO.12 AND ALL SUBSEQUENT PROCEEDINGS BY THE HONBLE I ADDL. PRL.JUDGE, FAMILY COURT AT BANGALORE i.e., ANNEXURE-A AND B. THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE CHILLAKUR SUMALATHA - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:8733 WP No. 27505 of 2024 ORAL ORDER Heard Sri.Manjunath.H, learned counsel for the petitioner as well as Sri.Harmeet Singh, respondent who appears as party-in-person. 2. Seeking the Court to issue a writ of certiorari and to quash the order that is rendered by the Court of I Additional Principal Judge, Family Court, Bengaluru on IA No.XII in G & WC No.71/2020 dated 06.08.2024, this writ petition is filed. 3. Undisputedly petitioner herein is the wife of the respondent. Due to the differences that arose between them, they are residing separately. Ms.Pahul Kaur, child aged around 16 years is under the custody of petitioner/mother. Respondent/father filed a petition invoking the provisions of Guardians and Wards Act seeking custody of the child. In the said proceedings, petitioner/wife filed an interlocutory application i.e., IA No.XII seeking the Court to issue summons to the - 4 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:8733 WP No. 27505 of 2024 Registrar(Administration) of High Court of Karnataka to produce all DVDs/CDs/Pen drives submitted by respondent/husband to the High Court in WP No.22924/2021. Family Court dismissed the said application and aggrieved by the same, this writ petition is filed. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that respondent without serving copies of DVDs, CDs and Pen drives which were in his possession, filed them before the High Court of Karnataka while the proceedings in WP No.22924/2021 were pending. Therefore, petitioner/wife is unaware of the contents of the said electronic documents. Learned counsel submits that respondent/husband highlighted the contents of the said electronic documents in the memos filed by him in WP No.22924/2021. There is no dispute about the fact that the contents directly relate to the subject matter of the case and the disputes pending between the parties. Learned counsel submits that when respondent got examined himself as Pw.1, during the - 5 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:8733 WP No. 27505 of 2024 course of cross examination reported no objection to summon those documents from High Court of Karnataka. Learned counsel has taken the Court to the contents of cross examination which are at page 122 of the material papers submitted in this writ petition. Learned counsel also states that no prejudice will be caused to the respondent on summoning those DVDs and on the other hand, in case respondent has got a point to establish through the said DVDs as alleged by him in WP No.22924/2021, it may favour him too. Learned counsel thereby seeks to set aside the impugned order. 5. Per contra respondent submits that presence of the counsel who appeared for the petitioner earlier by name Ms.Ahalekya is found in the said DVDs and to settle his scores in that regard, the present counsel intends to get the documents summoned and perceiving the same, Family Court rightly dismissed the said application and hence the writ petition is not maintainable. - 6 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:8733 WP No. 27505 of 2024 6. On a query posed by this Court about the contents of the said DVDs, respondent submitted that DVDs contain conversation between the family members and presence of the counsel for the petitioner who appeared earlier by name Ms. Ahalekya and other counsel also. When respondent himself during the course of cross examination reported no objection to summon those documents from the High Court, there is no reason for him to resist the application filed by the petitioner for getting those documents summoned. By the submission that is made by both parties, it is clear that the contents of those DVDs may help the Family Court to dispose of the petition filed for custody of the child in a proper and effective manner. However, the issue regarding genuineness of the said electronic record and its relevance to the case facts has to be decided by the Family Court only. 7. Having gone through the entire material that is brought on record including the impugned order, this Court is of the view that the Family Court ought to have - 7 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:8733 WP No. 27505 of 2024 given an opportunity to the petitioner/wife to get the relevant material summoned. Therefore, this Court considers desirable to set aside the impugned order. Hence, the following: ORDER (i) The writ petition is allowed. (ii) The order that is rendered by the Court of I Additional Principal Judge, Family Court, Bengaluru on IA No.XII in G & WC No.71/2020 dated 06.08.2024 is set aside. (iii) Consequently, IA No.XII filed by the petitioner herein is allowed. (iv) In the light of the submission made that cross examination of Pw.1 is completed, in case petitioner/wife files an application to recall Pw.1 for further cross examination, such further cross examination shall only be done in case the electronic record summoned is found admissible and relevant. Also the cross examination - 8 - HC-KAR NC: 2026:KHC:8733 WP No. 27505 of 2024 shall be confined only to the contents of the said electronic record. (v) In the light of the disposal of the writ petition, proceedings in interlocutory applications if any pending, stands closed. Sd/- (DR.CHILLAKUR SUMALATHA) JUDGE NS CT:TSM List No.: 2 Sl No.: 1