Anjali Jayant vs Kusum Singh & Anr on 20 May, 2026

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    Delhi High Court

    Anjali Jayant vs Kusum Singh & Anr on 20 May, 2026

    Author: Amit Sharma

    Bench: Amit Sharma

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                      *      IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI
                                                              Reserved on: 23rd March, 2026
                                                              Pronounced on: 20th May, 2026
    
    
                      +      CM(M) 1776/2023 & CM APPL. 56421/2023, 17994-95/2026
    
                             ANJALI JAYANT @ LAXMI                          .....Petitioner
                                           Through: Mr. Bhuvan Jayant, Ms. Maitri Goel,
                                                    Ms. Prachi Goel, Mr. Varun Ranjan
                                                    and Mr. Rittik Pandey, Advocates.
                                           versus
    
                             KUSUM SINGH & ANR.                                .....Respondents
                                          Through:            Mr. Gaurav Dubey, Advocate for R-1.
    
                             CORAM:
                             HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT SHARMA
    
                                                       JUDGMENT
    

    AMIT SHARMA, J.

    1. The present petition under Article 227 of the Constitution of India,
    1950, seeks following prayers: –

    SPONSORED

    “i. Set aside the impugned order dated 26.07.2023 passed by the Ld.
    Senior Civil Judge, Shahdara District, Karkardooma Courts, Delhi in case
    titled ‘Kusum Singh vs. Vikas Singh & Anrs.’ bearing CS No. 24/2023
    and transfer the case CS No. 24/2023 titled as ‘Kusum Singh vs. Vikas
    Singh & Anrs.’to the concerned Family Court, Shahdara District,
    Karkardooma Courts, Delhi and

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    ii. Pass such order or orders as this Hon’ble Court may deem fit and
    proper under the given facts and circumstances of the case in the interest
    of justice.”

    2. The present petition assails the impugned order dated 26.07.2023
    passed by learned Civil Judge, Shahdara District, Karkardooma Courts in CS
    No. 24/2023, whereby application under Order VII Rule 11 of the CPC filed
    on behalf of the present petitioner/defendant No.2 was dismissed and the case
    was put up for completion of pleadings and further proceedings.

    3. The subject suit, CS 24/2023, was filed on behalf of respondent no.
    1/plaintiff seeking mandatory and permanent injunction along with mesne
    profits with pendente lite and future interest against present petitioner and
    respondent no. 2/defendant No.1. It is pertinent to note that respondent No.1
    is mother-in-law of present petitioner, and mother of respondent No.2. In the
    subject suit, an application was preferred by the petitioner under Order VII
    Rule 11 read with Order VII Rule 10 read with Section 151 of the CPC for
    dismissal of the suit filed on behalf of respondent No.1.

    4. At the outset, it is appropriate to refer to the factual background
    between the parties. The marriage of the petitioner was solemnized with
    respondent No.2 on 20.02.2018 as per Hindu rites and rituals. It is stated that
    in December 2020, the respondents herein purchased a new house, A-12, Gali
    No.4, Bihari Colony, Shahdara, Delhi-32, in view of which respondent No.2
    took Rs.5,00,000/- Lakhs from the father of the petitioner and loan from his
    office. On 12.12.2022, respondent No.2 file a divorce petition, Case

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    No.2180/2022, seeking divorce from the petitioner and same is pending and
    adjudication before the Court of learned principal Judge, Family Court,
    Shahdara, Karkardooma Courts, Delhi. It is further stated that respondent
    No.1 in connivance with respondent No.2 filed the aforesaid civil suit seeking
    a decree of permanent and mandatory injunction. It is further stated that
    respondent No.2 had brutally harassed and forced the petitioner to leave her
    matrimonial house. A FIR No.44/2023, under Sections 323/341/506 of the
    IPC, was also lodged at the instance of present petitioner against respondent
    No.1 at PS Farsh Bazar. On 23.05.2023, the petitioner filed a maintenance
    petition, MT No.256/2023, under Section 125 of the CrPC seeking
    maintenance for her daughters and herself. The petitioner had also filed a
    complaint, CT No.256/2023, against the respondents under Section 12 of the
    Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act.

    5. It is the case of the petitioner that suit filed by respondent No.1 raises
    disputes which arise out of matrimonial relationship between petitioner and
    respondent No.2. It is contended that exclusive jurisdiction to adjudicate upon
    the aforesaid suit would lie with the learned Family Court as per Section
    7(1)(d)
    and Section 8 of Family Court Act, 1984, as the cause of action in the
    said suit arises out of marital relationship between the parties. Reliance has
    been placed by learned counsel for the petitioner in support of latter’s case on
    the judgment passed by learned Coordinate Bench of this Court in Avneet
    Kaur v. Sadhu Singh & Anr.1
    in support of this contention.

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    6. In view of the aforesaid observations, it is further contended that
    learned Civil Judge had erred in observing that the cause of action of
    respondent No.1 to institute the subject suit does not arise from the
    circumstances arising out of marital relationship and rather the same is based
    upon her ownership in the suit property. It is further submitted that learned
    Civil Court has no jurisdiction to entertain and try the subject suit instituted
    by respondent No.1 as the same arises out of the marital relationship between
    the parties, and thus, is to be dismissed/returned and be tried before the
    concerned Family Court of competent jurisdiction. It is further submitted that
    the subject suit is bad for non-joinder of necessary parties, inasmuch as,
    certain prayers of injunctions have been sought by respondent no.1/plaintiff
    against father and brother of the present petitioner, who have not been arrayed
    as parties in the subject suit by respondent No.1. It is, therefore, prayed that
    impugned order dated 26.07.2023 be set aside and the present subject suit be
    transferred to the learned Family Court of competent jurisdiction.

    7. Per contra, learned counsel for respondent No.1 has submitted that the
    learned Civil Judge has rightly dismissed the application under Order VII
    Rule 11 of the CPC
    filed on behalf of the petitioner/defendant No.2 as the
    cause of action to institute the subject suit had accrued in favour of
    respondent No.1/plaintiff on account of her being owner of the suit property.
    It is further submitted that in the plaint it has been averred that the petitioner
    and respondent No.2/her husband are merely licensees in the suit property and
    therefore, suit for mandatory injunction is maintainable before an ordinary
    civil Court. Reliance has been placed on the judgment passed by Hon’ble

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    Supreme Court in Satish Chander Ahuja v. Sneha Ahuja2, to contend that a
    suit for mandatory and permanent injunction is maintainable before a civil
    court and such court is to determine the issues in civil proceedings on the
    basis of evidence led by the parties before civil court even in case of shared
    household/matrimonial home of the parties.

    8. In view of the aforesaid, it is submitted that the suit instituted by
    respondent No.1 before civil court is maintainable as the reliefs prayed in the
    said suit is based on the claim of ownership of respondent No.1 over the
    subject property and does not emerge from circumstances arising out of
    matrimonial relationship. Thus, the learned Civil Judge, vide the impugned
    order dated 26.07.2023, had rightly dismissed the application under Order VII
    Rule 11 of the CPC
    filed by the petitioner and same does not require any
    interference.

    9. Heard learned counsels for parties and perused the records.

    10. Learned Division Bench of this Court in Geeta Anand v. Tanya
    Arjun & Anr.3
    , was dealing with following reference forwarded by learned
    Single Judge of this Court noticing a situation of conflict of opinion regarding
    jurisdiction of the Family Courts vis-à-vis Civil Courts as to certain kinds of
    matrimonial disputes propounded in Manita Khurana v. Indira Khurana4,

    2
    (2021) 1 SCC 414: 2020 SCC OnLine SC 841
    3
    2024 SCC OnLine Del 2327: (2024) 309 DLT 333 (DB): 2024: DHC:2637-DB
    4
    2010 SCC OnLine Del 225

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    Meena Kapoor v. Ayushi Rawal5, on the one hand, and Avneet Kaur v.
    Sadhu Singh6
    : –

    “1. **** **** ****

    (a) Whether a suit for possession/injunction filed by the in-laws of the
    defendant or either of them, claiming themselves or either of them to be
    the exclusive owner of the property of which the possession is sought or
    with respect to which injunction is prayed for from or against the
    defendant daughter-in-law, is to be tried exclusively by the Family Court
    established under the Family Courts Act, and the jurisdiction of the civil
    court is barred?

    (b) Whether the impleadment or non-impleadment of the husband of the
    defendant son of the plaintiff has any effect on the maintainability of
    such a suit before a civil court?”

    11. While answering the aforesaid reference, learned Division Bench of
    this Court had observed and held as under: –

    “42. Thus, in our considered opinion, the question whether the claim laid
    before the Family Court or the civil court falls within the ambit of the
    expression “in circumstances arising out of marital relationship” must be
    examined and answered on an identification of the foundation of the
    claim, the underlying basis for the institution of the suit or the
    proceedings. Thus, there must be an intrinsic and unwavering connection
    between the proceeding and the marital relationship. This would
    necessarily entail the court analysing the cause of action and its relation
    with the marital relationship–the interrelation and interdependence
    between the two being determinative of the question. An assertion of a
    particular suit or proceeding being liable to be tried exclusively by
    the Family Court would succeed only if it is established that there is
    a direct nexus between the “cause of action” and the “marital
    relationship”. A cause of action which is shown to exist independent
    of the marital relationship would clearly take the matter outside the
    purview of the Family Court. What needs to be emphasised is that a

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    2020 SCC OnLine Del 2481
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    2024 SCC OnLine Del 4815

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    matter would fall under the purview of Family Court only where the
    circumstances have a direct bearing on the marriage. It is not the
    relationship of the various parties which could be said to be conclusive.
    What needs to be ascertained and identified is the fundamental basis
    for the institution of the action. That underlying basis must have an
    ineffaceable link to the marital relationship. The marital relationship
    must constitute the point of origin for the action in order to bring it
    under the exclusive jurisdiction of the Family Courts.

                             ****                         ****                         ****
                             Answering the reference
    
    

    44. Accordingly, the present reference is answered as under:

    (a) Whether a suit for possession/injunction filed by the in-laws of the
    defendant or either of them, claiming themselves or either of them to be
    the exclusive owner of the property of which the possession is sought
    or with respect to which injunction is prayed for from or against the
    defendant daughter-in-law, is to be tried exclusively by the Family
    Court established under the Act, and the jurisdiction of the civil court is
    barred?

    Answer to question (a):

    Each of the categories under Section 7(1)(a) of the Act are
    undoubtedly civil in nature. Since the principal question therein
    relates to a civil right, there is no gainsaying that when claim is made
    about ownership rights and relief is sought in the nature of
    possession or injunction and/or damages, such legal rights are to be
    considered de hors the matrimonial relationship. The proprietorship
    rights or ownership rights to immovable property are not integral to
    maintaining the matrimonial relationship. Such rights may be
    claimed as against a third person or anyone in the family or for that
    matter somebody connected through matrimonial relationship.

    Indeed, when it comes to a dispute as between mother-in-law
    and/or father-in-law on the one side and their estranged daughter-
    in-law on the other side, the claim of proprietorship or ownership of
    a property and thereby seeking relief in the nature of possession

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    and/or injunction by its very nature incidentally indicates a
    matrimonial relationship, but such relationship is not a foundational
    fact so as to lay a claim. Such relationship is not at the core of the
    dispute but exists independently in civil law, and thus, the Family
    Courts do not exercise exclusive jurisdiction over such disputes and
    as an inevitable corollary the jurisdiction of civil courts is not
    barred.

    (b) Whether the impleadment or non-impleadment of the husband or the
    defendant son of the plaintiff has an effect on the maintainability of such
    a suit before a civil court?

    Answer to question (b):

    In light of our answer to question (a), the answer to this question
    would necessarily have to be in the negative. The mere impleadment or
    non-impleadment of the husband or the defendant son of the plaintiff
    would not be determinative of the question relating to the jurisdiction of
    the Family Court. The joinder or non-joinder of parties would have to be
    considered in light of the plethora of case law which already exists on
    that issue. Ultimately and irrespective of whether a husband is joined or
    not, the jurisdiction of the Family Court would have to ascertained based
    on the cause of action and whether that is founded on the marital
    relationship or has a mere casual or incidental connection to the cause.

    45. We find ourselves unable to either subscribe or concur with the
    view expressed in Avneet Kaur case3 for if the view as expressed
    in Avneet Kaur case3 were to be accepted, it would clearly amount to an
    incorrect interpretation and understanding of the subject provision and
    the expression “circumstances arising out of marital relationship”. The
    said decision, in our considered opinion, lays out the contours of that
    expression too broadly and fails to accord due consideration to the facet
    of “cause of action”, which is of seminal importance. Thus, the said
    judgment
    stands overruled. We find ourselves in agreement with the
    views expressed in Manita Khurana case1 and Meena Kapoor case2.”

    (emphasis supplied)

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    Thus, learned Division Bench expressly overruled the judgment in
    Avneet Kaur (supra) which has been relied upon by learned counsel for the
    petitioner.

    12. Whether the subject proceedings satisfy the test provided by learned
    Division Bench, this Court has to examine the nature of the suit and
    averments made therein. In the suit, CS No.24/2023, instituted on behalf of
    respondent No.1 with respect to cause of action following averments were
    made: –

    “3. That the defendant No 1 namely Vikas is the eldest Son of the Plaintiff
    and was married to the Defendant No 2 being Anjali Jayant in the year 2018.
    The plaintiff has only allowed them as licensee to reside at the second floor
    of the property bearing No A-12, Gali No 4, Bihari colony, Delhi-32 as
    mentioned above and the same has been a self-acquired property of her in
    which she has shifted in the month of December 2020.

    **** **** ****

    18. That the cause of action to file the present suit has arisen in the year
    Dec 2020 when the plaintiff has shifted in the suit property and allowed the
    defendants to reside in the same as licensee and it arose on various dates
    when illegal threats were given by defendant No 2 and her relatives
    including her father to transfer the property in name of defendant No 2 and in
    alternate be ready to face dire consequences including false criminal cases. It
    further arose in the month of Sep 2022 when brother of the defendant No 2
    without any intimation came to the house of the plaintiff with two persons
    looking like goons whose name later disclosed as some Bubli Singh and
    threatened the plaintiff that she should either give the property to Defendant
    No 2, or else she will be implicated in cases and will have to go Jail for no
    reasons. It also arose on 4th Nov, 5th Nov, 20th Nov and 21st Nov 2022,
    Bhuwan brother of the defendant no 2 has sent derogatory, false and
    threatening messages to the plaintiff. It also arose on various dates including
    14/12/ 2022, when the father of the defendant no 2 along with her uncle and

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    aunty, visited the office of the plaintiff and despite her request not to It
    further arose on when the license of the defendants was terminated vide legal
    notice dated 23/ 12/2022, which was duly served upon them. The cause of
    action has also arisen during events of 14th to 18th jan 2023 as mentioned
    above The cause of action is still continuing as the defendant even after the
    termination of the licence have not vacated the suit property. And now
    having no alternate the present suit is being filed on the basis of above causes
    of action.”

    13. In the plaint filed on behalf of respondent No.1, it was averred that she
    the is owner and in possession of the property bearing No. A-12, Gali No. 4,
    Bihari Colony, Delhi-110032 and is a widow lady dependent over her small
    income being derived by working as an attendant in BHEL Lodhi Road,
    Delhi. Respondent No.1 has two sons, and a daughter. It was further stated
    that the aforesaid property is her self-acquired property in which she and other
    family members had shifted in December 2020. It was further stated that on
    14.01.2023, petitioner’s father alongwith 20 other people had forcefully tried
    to break into house of respondent No.1 without her consent and permission,
    and that she was abused. Thereafter, it was agreed that petitioner and her
    husband (respondent no. 2) will move out of the aforesaid house for the peace
    of the family. It was further stated that petitioner’s father alongwith her
    brother was constantly trying to pressurize and harass respondent no. 1 and
    were trying to take possession of her house. It was further stated that on
    17.01.2023, after the respondent no. 1 left for her office, relatives of petitioner
    again charged at her house without knowledge and filed a false complaint. It
    was alleged that Priyanka Jayant entered and took Viyona (younger daughter),
    and Ravi Kumar took Maayra, and petitioner left the house at 11:38 AM with
    all gold jewellery in her purse with her family to the police station by locking

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    second floor and she also took the keys with her, and in police station,
    petitioner refused to hand over the keys of 2nd floor. It is further stated that on
    18.01.2023, a call was received from Police Station Farsh Bazar and
    respondent no.1 and her family was intimated that petitioner had requested
    SHO to take her and her children’s clothes under supervision of the IO and a
    lady constable to which respondent no. 1 agreed and accepted the request.
    Thereafter, at 20:47 petitioner came with her brother alongwith police
    personnel and took all her items under supervision of police and everything
    was video recorded over phone and list of items was prepared which was
    signed by both the parties. Thereafter, petitioner, on repeated request made by
    the police officials present at the spot, returned the keys of second floor and
    left with all the belongings. It was further stated that the petitioner had left the
    house with her sweet free will, and the petitioner (defendant No.2) and her
    husband had not permanently vacated the property after service of notice and
    termination of license.

    14. At this stage, it is appropriate to refer to the reliefs sought by
    respondent No.1 in the subject suit, which read as under: –

    “a. pass a decree of mandatory injunction in favour of plaintiff and
    against the defendants thereby directing the defendants to permanently
    vacate the second floor of the property bearing A- 12, Gali No 4,
    Bihari colony, Delhi-32 and hand over the peaceful and vacant
    possession of the same.

    b. pass a decree of permanent injunction in favour of plaintiff and
    against the defendants thereby restraining them, their agents allies,
    friends, servants relatives and specially the in laws including the lather
    in law, brother in law of Defendant No 1 from entering the property of

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    the plaintiff being A-12, Gali No 4, Bihari colony, Delhi-32 or from
    her office at Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited ( BHEL), H6RH+F4P,
    Industry Sector, Integrated Office Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi,
    110003 or from making a call or Sendin8 her any message or wts up at
    her mobile number, 91-9910167690.

    C. pass a decree of permanent injunction in favour of plaintiff and
    against the defendant no 2 thereby restraining her, her agents allies,
    friends, servants relatives and specially the in laws including the father
    in law, brother in law of Defendant No 1 from entering the property of
    the plaintiff being A-12, Gali No 4, Bihari colony, Delhi-32 or from
    her office at Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited BHEL), H6RH+F4P,
    Industry Sector, Integrated Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi, 1
    10003 or from making a call or sending her any message or wts up at
    her mobile number, 91-9910167690.

    d. Pass a decree of Rs. 15,000/- per month for pendente-lite and future
    mesne profits in favour of the plaintiff and against the defendants.

    e. Any such further order or orders. which this Hon’ble Court may
    deem fit and proper in the facts and Circumstances of the case, may be
    passed in favor of the plaintiffs and against the defendants.”

    15. Perusal of the aforesaid averments made in the plaint shows that the
    aforesaid suit has been instituted by respondent No.1 in her capacity being
    owner in possession of the subject property, being A-12, Gali No.4, Bihari
    Colony, Delhi-32, which she claims to be her self-acquired property. As per
    averments made in the plaint, the cause of action to institute the subject suit
    by respondent No.1 is stated to be the alleged threats extended by the
    petitioner and her relatives to respondent No.1, and the sequence of events
    having transpired between 14.01.2023 to 18.01.2023. Respondent No.1 has
    sought reliefs of mandatory and permanent injunction against the petitioner
    and respondent No.2-her husband in the subject suit. Her right to seek such

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    reliefs, as noted hereinbefore, arises out of her claim of ownership over the
    subject property, and exists independent of ‘circumstances arising out of a
    marital relationship’. Thus, marital relationship, as held in Geeta Anand
    (supra) is not the foundational fact of her claim in the suit. It is, in fact, her
    proprietary rights over the subject property.

    16. In the application under Order VII Rule 11 read with Order VII Rule 10
    read with Section 151 of the CPC filed on behalf of the petitioner seeking
    dismissal of the subject suit, it is the case of the petitioner that the subject suit
    is arising out of a marital relationship between the petitioner and respondent
    No.2 (her husband) on the one hand, and respondent No.1 (her mother-in-law)
    on the other hand. It was further stated that respondent No.1 and her son have
    estranged relationship with the petitioner, and since December 2020, the
    petitioner is residing at the aforesaid property and the same is her ‘shared
    household’ in terms of Section 2(s) of the Protection of Women from
    Domestic Violence Act, 2005. It was further stated that respondents have, on
    17.01.2023 forcefully, turned out the petitioner and her two minor daughters
    from her matrimonial home, and she had taken away only clothes and basic
    necessity goods from her shared household. It was further stated that other
    valuables, istridhan, goods and jewellery of the petitioner and her daughters
    are still lying there at the shared household. It was further stated that
    respondents are in collusion with each other and respondent No.1 had filed
    the false suit before learned Civil Court. It was further stated that respondent
    No.1 had falsely stated that the petitioner had left her matrimonial home with
    her sweet will and all her belongings. It was further the case of the petitioner

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    that learned Civil Court is not having territorial jurisdiction to entertain the
    subject suit as no cause of action had arisen within jurisdiction of said Court.
    It was further stated that in the subject suit, respondent No.1 is seeking
    injunction to restrain the petitioner and her husband from entering her office
    situated at Integrated Office Complex Lodhi Road, New Delhi, which is not
    situated within the territorial jurisdiction of the said Court. It was further
    stated that as per respondent No.1’s own case, petitioner is not residing within
    the jurisdiction of said Court, and therefore, no injunction could be granted in
    favour of respondent No.1.

    17. Perusal of the aforesaid averments made in the application under Order
    VII Rule 11 of the CPC
    shows that the ownership of respondent No.1 over the
    subject property is not in dispute. The marriage between the petitioner and her
    husband/respondent No.2 was solemnized on 20.02.2018. The parties were
    earlier residing together, and in December 2020, they had shifted to the
    subject property, which is claimed to be self-acquired by respondent
    No.1/plaintiff. Thus, in such circumstances, the right of respondent No.1 to
    seek mandatory and permanent injunction cannot be stated to be
    ‘circumstances arising out of a marital relationship’ in terms of Section 7(1)
    Explanation (c) of the Family Courts Act, 1984.

    18. In Geeta Anand (supra), learned Division Bench referred to a
    judgment of Hon’ble High Court of Kerala at Ernakulam in Mini & Ors. v.
    Sivaraman & Anr.
    7 . In the said judgment, while dealing with an appeal

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    against the order passed by learned Family Court in a suit for injunction filed
    by the father-in-law against the daughter-in-law holding that it has jurisdiction
    since the said suit is not based on ‘circumstances arising out of a marital
    relationship’, had observed and held as under: –

    “13. With the broad propositions of law laid down in the above case, it is
    necessary to answer the following questions in our quest to identify the
    forum for adjudicating the lis under consideration. (1) Is there a suit or
    a proceeding? (2) Is the relief sought for in the suit or proceeding
    one for an injunction or order? (3) Has the suit or proceeding
    stemmed from circumstances arising out of a marital relationship? If
    the answer to the above questions are all in the affirmative, then the
    Family Court alone has the jurisdiction.

    14. It needs no explication to answer the first two questions. In the facts
    of the case, the answers are in the affirmative. As far as the answer to
    the third question is concerned, it is relevant to advert to the fact
    that the property involved in the suit does not belong to any of the
    parties to a marriage. It is the absolute property of the 1st plaintiff.
    In other words, the scheduled property, is the proprietary right of
    the 1st plaintiff. The said proprietary right of the 1st plaintiff cannot
    be a circumstance that arises out of a marital relationship. Plaintiffs
    are enforcing their proprietary right. Cause of action is stated to be
    the forcible eviction of plaintiffs on 6.12.2011. Enforcement of the
    proprietary right of the 1st plaintiff over any person is not a
    circumstance arising out of a marital relationship, merely because
    the person sought to be proceeded against happens to be the
    daughter-in-law and grandchildren. It is also apposite to bear in
    mind that the marriage between the son of the plaintiffs and the 1st
    defendant is not an issue in question. The rights that flow out of the
    marriage between the 1st defendant and the son of the plaintiffs are
    not called in question. In such an instance, it cannot be held that the
    enforcement of the proprietary right of the 1st plaintiff over his
    daughter-in-law will be a circumstance that closely precedes,
    surrounds, accompanies and follows a marital relationship. It is not
    the nomenclature of the relationship that will determine whether a

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    matter falls under Section 7 (1) Expln.(d) or not. Nomenclature of the
    relationship will be relevant for matters coming under Section 7(1)
    Expln.(c) while what is relevant for Section 7(1) Expln.(d) is nature of
    case and the cause of action stated.

    15. The subject matter of the dispute, cause of action, the facts narrated
    are all matters which will have a bearing on the question of jurisdiction.
    Viewed in such a manner, we have no doubt that the suit is not for an
    injunction ‘in circumstances arising out of a marital relationship’.”

    (emphasis supplied)

    19. Learned Civil Judge-03 while passing the impugned order dated
    26.07.2023 had observed as under: –

    ” **** **** ****

    It is further observed that judgment of Avneet Kaur (supra) is
    not applicable to the facts of the present case, as pleaded in the plaint
    as the injunction sought in the present suit does not arise in the
    cirsumstances arising out of marital relationship and rather the cause
    of action of the plaintiff is based upon her ownership in the suit
    property.

    Accordingly, the ground of maintainability taken on behalf of
    the applicant/defendant no.2 does not hold any water.

    It is further observed’ that as mentioned in the application,
    valuation of the suit is also not correct, however, nothing is specified
    in this regard and same is also not pressed by the counsel for
    applicant.

    Accordingly, application under Order VII Rule 11 CPC is
    hereby dismissed.

    **** **** ****”

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    20. In view of the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the present case,
    this Court does not find any illegality or perversity in the impugned order
    dated 26.07.2023, and the same is accordingly, upheld.

    21. The present petition is dismissed and disposed of accordingly.

    22. During the pendency of present petition, learned Predecessor Bench of
    this Court vide order dated 23.12.2025 had passed the following order: –

    “1. Learned proxy counsel appearing for the petitioner seeks an
    adjournment on the ground that the arguing counsel is not available
    for the day. Same was the position even on 08.08.2025 and
    27.10.2025.

    2. Considering the specific observations made by this Court vide
    order dated 27.10.2025, there is no reason for granting an
    adjournment to the petitioner, however, in the interest of justice,
    renotify on 23.03.2026, albeit subject to payment of costs of
    Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand Only) to the respondents within
    a period of two weeks.

    3. At this stage, it is clarified that if the petitioner is not
    represented on the next date of hearing, the petitioner shall be
    proceeded ex parte as also this Court will proceed to hear
    arguments for and on behalf of the respondents.”

    23. Thereafter, two applications, CM APPLS. 17994/2026 (condonation of
    delay under Section 151 of the CPC in filing application seeking waiver of
    costs) and 17995/2026 (seeking waiver of costs imposed vide order dated
    23.12.2025) were preferred on behalf of the petitioner which have also been

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    pending adjudication. It is stated in the application seeking waiver of costs
    that the petitioner is a lady of limited financial means and is entirely
    dependent upon the mercy and support of her parents for her livelihood, and
    survival. The petitioner is burdened with sole responsibility of maintaining
    and taking care of her two minor daughters, including their education, day-to-
    day needs and welfare and has no independent source of income.

    24. As per the petitioner, non-appearance of the arguing counsel for the
    petitioner on 23.12.2025, 27.10.2025, and 08.08.2025, was neither intentional
    nor deliberate and was on account of medical emergency in the counsel’s
    family which was followed by the demise of a family member in his family.

    25. In these circumstances, in view of the averments made in the
    applications, and in the interest of justice, costs of Rs.10,000/- imposed on the
    petitioner vide order dated 23.12.2025 is waived of.

    26. Interim order dated 16.11.2023 stands vacated.

    27. Pending applications, if any, also stand disposed of accordingly.

    28. Copy of the judgment be sent to learned Civil Judge-03, Shahdara,
    Karkardooma Courts, Delhi, for necessary information and compliance.

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    29. Judgment be uploaded on the website of this Court, forthwith.

    AMIT SHARMA
    (JUDGE)
    MAY 20, 2026/ns

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