Transfer of divorce case to family urt

Family Courts Act gives jurisdiction to Family Courts established under that act to deal with and adjudicate all the civil or criminal matters concerning a husband and wife that may be filed after establishment of the court or may be pending at the time of establishment of family court in a particular geographical locality. The cases under Hindu Marriage Act (divorce petition under Section 13) would thus be dealt with and adjudicated by Family court. The family courts proceeds from the stage at which the proceeding is running and the case need not be started from scratch. However, case number may be changed.

Advocate Mahendra Vadia,

Gujarat High Court.

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