{"id":7592,"date":"2026-04-17T08:14:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T02:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lawfultalks3.selfst.art\/mind-under-suspicion-bombay-hc-calls-family-courts-mental-exam-order-an-abuse-of-power\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T17:40:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T12:10:32","slug":"mind-under-suspicion-bombay-hc-calls-family-courts-mental-exam-order-an-abuse-of-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lawfultalks3.selfst.art\/?p=7592","title":{"rendered":"\u201cMind Under Suspicion? Bombay HC Calls Family Court\u2019s Mental Exam Order an Abuse of Power\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\">The Aurangabad bench of Bombay High Court recently&nbsp; ruled that while a&nbsp; Family Court&nbsp; has&nbsp; the power to send a spouse for a medical examination to check for a mental disorder, it&nbsp; cannot do so casually and must carefully apply its mind before passing such an order.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p style=\"text-align:center\"><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\">In view&nbsp; of this, Justice Santosh Chapalgaonkar set aside an order of a Family Court in Dhule, which had directed a woman to undergo examination by a psychiatrist.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p><strong><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\">Husband&rsquo;s Claims:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\">The husband contended&nbsp; that his wife suffered from an &lsquo;incurable&rsquo; mental disorder, and that this fact was hidden by his in-laws. He claimed that his wife behaved abnormally, often refused to maintain physical relations with him after marriage, and was &lsquo;secretly&rsquo; taking medication.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p><strong><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\">Family Court&rsquo;s Error:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\">Justice Chapalgaonkar noted that the Family Court passed the impugned order by simply stating&nbsp; that under Order XXXII Rule 15 of&nbsp; the Code of Civil Procedure, the court can take help from&nbsp; a medical expert to determine if a person is of unsound mind or not.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p><strong><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\">Court&rsquo;s Observation:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\">The Bench, while referring to various judgments of the Supreme Court, observed that the Family Court has&nbsp; sufficient powers to order a&nbsp; medical examination when a&nbsp; divorce is sought&nbsp; under Section 13(1)(iii) of Hindu Marriage Act.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\">&quot;The medical evidence for arriving at such finding would be of considerable assistance. However, that does not mean that Court shall casually pass order directing medical examination without satisfying itself as to existence of ground on basis of evidence tendered into service. If such an order is casually passed without there being prima facie material indicating existence of ground for reference to medical examination, it would be an abuse of discretionary power at the hands of Court,&quot; the judge held.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p><strong><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\">Lack of Reasoning:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\">The bench&nbsp; observed that the Family Court did not suggest anywhere that it had applied its mind to the&nbsp; pleadings and material on record or that it had&nbsp; satisfied itself about the&nbsp; existence of grounds to refer the&nbsp; petitioner for a&nbsp; medical examination.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\">The Court noted, &quot;In such case, it is expected that petitioner shall prima facie establish, by leading evidence, that there is material to hold that medical examination of respondent&ndash;spouse is necessary to determine whether he\/she suffers from requisite degree of unsoundness of mind or whether same is incurable. The impugned order is bereft of sufficient reasons. In that view of matter, impugned order cannot be sustained in law,&quot;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p><strong><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\">Final Order:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif\">On the basis of these&nbsp; observations, the Court quashed the impugned order. However, it gave liberty to the husband in this case to approach the Family Court again with his original plea, and directed the Family Court to reconsider the matter and pass a proper reasoned order after applying its mind.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p><strong style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif; font-size:16px\">Case Details: <\/strong><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif; font-size:16px\">DNS vs NNS (Writ Petition 12217 of 2025)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Aurangabad bench of Bombay High Court recently&nbsp; ruled that while a&nbsp; Family Court&nbsp; has&nbsp; the power to send a spouse for a medical examination to check for a mental disorder, it&nbsp; cannot do so casually and must carefully apply its mind before passing such an order. 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