Woman moves Delhi High Court claiming husband created ruckus; Court finds she started it, slaps ₹50k fine

The Delhi High Court recently imposed costs of ₹50,000 on a woman who had filed a petition against her estranged husband and his parents alleging they had created ruckus during child visitation..The Court found that it was the woman who had instigated the husband, forcing him to react the way he did.The Bench of Justice Navin Chawla and Justice Renu Bhatnagar observed that the woman had also recorded a video of the incident during the visitation hours. After watching the video, the Court found that it was in fact she who had violated the orders passed by a family court and instigated the husband. “On watching the video, it is our considered opinion that in fact, it was the petitioner and persons along with her who were instigating the respondent no. 1 into reacting in the way he did,” the Court stated..The woman approached the court claiming the husband and his parents committed contempt of court by creating a ruckus when they came to visit the child.This was in violation of family court's orders, she contended.“When the respondent reached the venue of visitation, he intentionally disturbed the petitioner, her family members, her employers with the sole aim of shattering her confidence, curb her source of living by trying to get her fired from work and reduce her existence to mere grovelling,” the woman said in her plea. .The Court noted from the video that the husband’s family had tried to quell the situation while the petitioner mocked them.“We further notice that in the video, the respondent no. 2 even tried to request the persons accompanying the petitioner not to mock the respondent no. 1 and to allow the visitation to take place peacefully. However, this request, as is apparent from the video, was again mocked at,” the Court observed. .Accordingly, the Court dismissed the contempt of court petition with costs.“We further direct the petitioner to pay a cost of ₹50,000 out of which ₹25,000 shall be paid to the respondent no. 1 while the remaining ₹25,000 shall be deposited with the Delhi High Court Advocates Welfare Fund, within a period of four weeks from today,” the Court ordered..Advocate Shambhavi appeared for the woman.Advocates Shreya Singhal, M Keditsu and Kushagra Singla appeared for the husband and his parents.[Read Order]