Delhi High Court Fines Wife ₹50,000 For Filing Frivolous Contempt Petition Accusing Husband Of Misbehaving During Child Visit

The Delhi High Court has imposed a cost of ₹50,000/- on a wife for filing a frivolous Contempt Petition against her Husband, accusing him of misbehaving during child visit and violating an order of the Family Court.

The Court was considering a Contempt Petition wherein the Wife complained of violating the terms and conditions for physical visitation as stipulated in the order of the Family Court.

The Division Bench of Justice Navin Chawla and Justice Renu Bhatnagar observed, "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. We further find that the respondent no. 1 was accompanied by his parents, that is, the respondent no. 2 and 3, of which, we have been informed that the respondent no. 3 has unfortunately passed away on 12.02.2025. 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 Petitioner was represented by Advocate Shambhavi while the Respondent was represented by Advocate Shreya Singhal.

The Family Court had directed that the Respondent herein, who is Petitioner in the said proceedings, shall not be accompanied by his parents or his other family members or any other persons or take photographs or make videography of his meeting with the children. It was the case of the Petitioner that there was a breach of these conditions of visitation as stipulated in the order whereby the Court had directed that the Respondent shall be entitled to a visitation, along with his parents, with the children at the office of the Petitioner on the occasion of Diwali.

It was the case of the Petitioner that 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 groveling. The Petitioner further claimed that the Respondent also started making videos and clicking pictures without permission.

On watching the video, the Court was of the view that it was the Petitioner and persons along with her who were instigating the Respondent No. 1 into reacting in the way he did.

The Petition was accordingly dismissed with cost.

Cause Title: Poonam Bisht vs. Samrat Singh Rawat & Ors. (2025: DHC: 2118-DB)

Appearances:

Petitioner- Advocate Shambhavi

Respondent- Advocate Shreya Singhal, Advocate M. Keditsu, Advocate Kushagra Singla

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