If you also suspect that the man's relationship is, this decision of the Delhi High Court will now give you the call record and location details

The Delhi High Court, Delhi High Court, made an important ruling on Friday, saying that if a woman suspects an outdoor relationship on her husband, she has the right to get the man and her supposed lover/girlfriend’s Call Data Records (CDR) and location details. The court has made it clear that these records are objective (objective) and assist with the verification and judicial process in marriage disputes. The order was pronounced by a Bank of Justice Anil Kshetrapal and Justice Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar, when he considered the petition in which the man and his alleged girlfriend disputed the April 2025 Family Court. The family court order was previously approved by the woman’s request by the family court. The woman demanded that the location details and the call records of her husband and her alleged lover be protected and made available if necessary. The woman argued that it is impossible to provide evidence of extramarital affair without these records. The couple got married in October 2002 and have two children. The woman filed a petition for divorce in 2023 in which she accused the man of extraordinary matter and cruelty. The petition said that the man and his alleged girlfriend had traveled several times together and that their relationship had been going on for a long time. The Family Court on April 29, 2025, while approving the request of the woman’s petition, ordered police and telecommunications companies to protect the relevant information from January 2020 so far. Girlfriend and husband’s challenge filed the alleged girlfriend of the man a petition in the Supreme Court in which he argued that the family court order was illegal and violated the fundamental right to personal privacy. He also claimed that the woman’s purpose is only to disturb her and harm her reputation. The man said in his petition that the woman did not provide primary proof of the extraordinary matter. He also added that only an outdoor matter of phone calls or mobile tower cannot be determined. The Supreme Court argued that the Supreme Court justified the Family Court order and that the Supreme Court High Court cited Sharda vs Dharampal in respect of the Supreme Court. In this ruling, the Supreme Court said that limited intervention in personal privacy is only valid if it is necessary to bring the truth forward and ensure justice. The court said in its command of 32 strokes: “The disclosure of CDR and tower location data is not part of any speculation or investigation process, but it is related to petitions submitted directly. These records made by telecom operators are objective and can act as indirect evidence, which violates the actual content without personal communication.” The court further said: “The Supreme Court has allowed limited intervention in the Sharda vs Dharmapal case to reveal the truth in marriage disputes. The same principle applies to CDR and location data, which can help to be useful in the judicial decision.” Judicial approach and importance This decision is important from the point of view that the court formed a balance between personal privacy and verification in family dispute. The court has made it clear that call records and location data are only factual information, and its purpose is to give evidence, not to hinder one’s privacy. According to experts, this decision promotes the role of transparency and factual evidence in the family law process. It is inappropriate to punish the accused accused of illegitimate matters without proof, and such objective records help to check the counters in a fair way. This order of the Delhi High Court is an attempt to balance balance between family and personal privacy in the modern legal system. It empowers the woman to gather the necessary evidence to bring the truth to the legal process. At the same time, the court also ensured that individual privacy is not violated and that data is limited to deliberations and judicial process only. From this ruling, it was clear that it is not acceptable by the court to act on the basis of allegations or speculation only in the case of extraordinary matters. The collection of evidence based on facts and evaluating it impartially is the basis of the process of justice. This type of decision offers guidelines in future family disputes and divorce cases, where digital data can serve as a decisive evidence. Share this story -tags