1 mst IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.468 OF 2010 Rita Manaprasad Bhondekar Petitioner versus Manaprasad Tarachand Bhondekar Respondent Ms.Varsha Palav for petitioner. CORAM : A.S.OKA, J. DATE : 27th January 2010 PC :- 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner. This petition under Article 227 of the Constitution of India arises out of an order passed by the Family Court during pendency of a petition for divorce filed by the respondent. In the petition for divorce the respondent has contended that the marriage between the parties was solemnized on 29th December 1999 and the said marriage is also registered under the provisions of the Bombay Marriage Registration of Marriages Act, 1963. The respondent made an application for amendment of the petition for divorce for incorporating an averment that the marriage was registered on 22nd December 1999. The said amendment has been permitted by the Family Court under the impugned order. 2 2. The learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that initially the respondent came out with a case that the marriage was solemnized on 29th December 1999. The learned counsel submitted that the petitioner's specific case was that the marriage was solemnized on 22nd December 1999. She submitted that at the fag end of the trial, now the respondent wants to incorporate the date of registration by amending the petition which will totally change the nature of the petition. 3. I have considered the submissions. There is no dispute between the parties that they are wife and husband and that the marriage was solemnized between them in accordance with Hindu Vedic rites. The case of the petitioner is that the marriage was solemnized on 22nd December 1999. By the proposed amendment the respondent-husband wants to add an averment in the divorce petition to the effect that the marriage was registered on 22nd December 1999. In the original divorce petition the respondent has come out with the case that the marriage was solemnized according to Hindu Vedic Rites on 29th December 1999. The only amendment sought is for incorporating the date of registration of marriage as reflected in Registration Certificate. 4. There is no prejudice to the petitioner if the amendment is 3 allowed. The amendment does not change the nature of the petition. No case for interference in writ jurisdiction is made out. The writ petition is rejected. (A.S.OKA, J.)