In Brief
The Supreme Court set aside a High Court judgment that had entertained a writ petition challenging a Family Court order directing document production. The respondent had repeatedly given undertakings to the Family Court to produce the documents but instead filed a writ petition claiming the documents were irrelevant. The Court held that a party cannot circumvent a lower court order by filing a writ petition when they have given an undertaking to comply. The relevance of documents is for the Family Court to decide on merits. The High Court should not have entertained the petition or stayed trial proceedings.
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