Matrimonial
Order passed by the High Court requiring personal appearance of both the petitioners—Appeal—Dispute that the High Court is seized of arises out of a marital discord between the spouses and the situation, prima facie, was not such so as to call for the court’s insistence for personal presence of both the petitioners including the ailing second petitioner by taking an arduous journey from a different place like Mumbai despite his medical conditions—If the court though fit to interact and bring about a settlement between the parties, an attempt to achieve it by allowing the petitioners to attend proceedings through the virtual mode ought to have been made—Impugned order is bound to operate harshly against the petitioners—Operation of order requiring personal appearance of both the petitioners is stayed.
[Paras 9 & 10]