1 abs FARAD CONTINUATION IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 3935 OF 2010 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Court's or Judge's Orders Coram, appearances, Court's Orders or directions and Registrar's Orders Mr. G.S. Sabnis for the petitioner. Mrs. T.B. Irani for the respondent. CORAM : D.G. KARNIK, J. DATE : 10TH JUNE 2010 P.C. : 1. Heard. 2. I am not inclined to interfere with the impugned order which is an interlocutory order. Even otherwise, on merits I am not inclined to interfere. 3. By the impugned order, the learned Judge of the Family Court has directed the petitioner to produce certain documents if they are in her 2 possession and has further directed that in the event the documents are not produced, appropriate adverse inference would be drawn. 4. Long ago, in Gopal Krishnaji Ketkar v. Mohamed Haji Latif, AIR 1968 SC 1413, the Supreme Court has directed that irrespective of the burden of proof, relevant evidence must be produced by the party in possession thereof, failing which adverse inference can be drawn. In view of this, I see no reason to interfere in the order which in fact cautions the petitioner on the consequences of the non-production of evidence in her possession. The writ petition is accordingly rejected summarily. (D.G. KARNIK, J.)