Therefore, since in judgments passed by this Court in the case of
Anurima @ Abha Mehta, Ram Talreja, Smt. Saroj and Abhishek Ranjan
(supra), this court failed to discuss the provisions of Section 14 of Family
Courts Act and Section 122 of Evidence Act, which are germane to the issue
involved, these judgments have been passed sub-silentio and cannot be
relied upon being per incuriam.
16] So far as the law relied upon by counsel for the petitioners is
concerned in the cases of Aasha Lata Soni (supra), Neha (supra), Anurima @
Abha Mehta (supra), Anvar P.V. (supra) and Elizabeth Dinshaw (supra), the
findings in the said judgments is only with regard to right of privacy, but, in
this regard, as per procedure established by law, Section 5 of the Act, 1872
(Section 3 of the Adhiniyam, 2023) does not touch upon the aspect of right
to privacy as envisaged under Article 21 of the Constitution of India and the
present case arise from the case of the custody of petitioner No. 2/Aadhya, a
minor daughter. First, the Court should look the best interest of the minor
daughter, which is the primary consideration in this case. In so far as the pen
drive in question is concerned, neither party claims that it depicts
conversations or intimate moments between the petitioner No. 1 and
respondent. In those cases, the question was about the admissibility of the
wife's conversation with another person and those facts were considered to
be a violation of the wife's right to privacy. There is no such disputed
conversation or video which violates the right to privacy of the petitioner
No. 1. Thus, no benefit can be granted to the appellant. Hence, the same is
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discarded.
11/ In view of the law laid down by the Hon'ble Apex Court and
other High Courts, it is clear that the conversation between husband and
wife in a daily routine cannot be made basis or considered for deciding
the petition under Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act and the act of
recording the conversation without the knowledge of the wife is illegal
and is also infringement of right to privacy and even if tape recording in
question is proved, it would not be admissible in evidence as per the view
expressed by this Court in the case of Anurima (supra).