Full Judgment
* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI
+ CRL.M.C. 3061/2026, CRL.M.A. 12470/2026, CRL.M.A. RISHIPREET SACHDEVA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Prashant Mendiratta, Mr. Anirudh K. Mudgal, Mr. Shubhashish Sharma, Ms. Vaishnavi Saxena, Ms. Avni Soni & Ms. Sakshi Jain, Advocates.
versus
RAVNEET KAUR SACHDEVA .....Respondent Through: Mr. Manoj Chouhan, Mr. Ujjwal Singh Parmar & Ms. Neha Raj Singh, Advocates.
CORAM:
HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PRATEEK JALAN
ORDER
% 30.04.2026
1. The present petition, under Section 528 of the Bharaitya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, arises out of complaint case [CT Case
Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 [“DV Act”]. By an order
dated 09.04.2025, the Mahila Court closed the petitioner’s right to file a written statement in the proceedings. The petitioner assailed the said
order before the Appellate Court, which upheld the said order vide order
dated 13.10.2025.
2. In the course of hearing, learned counsel on both sides have come CRL.M.C. 3061/2026 Page 1 of 2
to an agreement that the petition may be disposed of, in the following terms:- a. The petitioner had served a copy of a written statement under the DV Act proceedings upon the respondent prior to 09.04.2025. The same be taken on record, subject to payment of costs of Rs. 30,000/- by the petitioner to the respondent. b. The respondent’s application for interim maintenance is listed before the Mahila Court on 02.05.2026. The written statement may be taken on record on that date, subject to payment of costs as aforesaid. c. The petitioner will not seek any adjournment on the aforesaid date before the Mahila Court. d. The Mahila Court is requested to consider the application for interim maintenance as expeditiously as possible, having regard to the position of the Board and the age of the matters pending before it.
3. The petition, alongwith pending applications, stands disposed of with these directions. PRATEEK JALAN, J APRIL 30, 2026 ‘pv’/AD/ CRL.M.C. 3061/2026 Page 2 of 2