Husband Cannot Benefit from His Own Default, Wife’s Right to File Defence Upheld: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has upheld an order passed by the Family Court restoring the wife’s right to file a written statement in a matrimonial dispute filed under Section 13, Hindu Marriage Act, 1955. The Court ruled that a husband who failed to comply with the Family Court’s direction regarding litigation expenses cannot later seek benefit from that default by asking the Court to strike off the wife’s defence. Marriage…
