Supreme Court Issues Notice To Mohammed Shami on Wife’s Plea To Shift Matrimonial Cases From Bengal To Delhi

The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notice to Indian cricketer Mohammed Shami on a batch of petitions filed by his wife Hasin Jahan, seeking transfer of multiple matrimonial proceedings from West Bengal to Delhi.

The petitions were listed before the bench of Justices Manoj Misra and Manmohan.

Jahan has sought the transfer of proceedings including her maintenance case and a complaint under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act.

In her plea, Jahan stated that she has shifted to Delhi to secure the holistic growth and development of her minor daughter, who is now studying at a premium school in the capital. She submitted that frequent travel to West Bengal would cause grave hardship, particularly as she has no independent source of income and bears sole responsibility for the day-to-day care and upbringing of the child.

“Compelling the petitioner to contest proceedings in West Bengal, which is nearly 1,500 kilometres away from Delhi, would cause grave prejudice and hardship to both the petitioner and the minor daughter,” the plea stated.

Jahan further argued that Shami, being an international cricketer, travels across countries and has sufficient financial and logistical resources to contest the proceedings in Delhi. She also pointed out that Shami’s family resides in Uttar Pradesh, which is geographically closer to Delhi than Kolkata.

Shami and Jahan were married in April 2014 and had a daughter in July 2015. Jahan also has two daughters from a previous marriage. In 2018, she accused Shami of domestic violence, following which an FIR was registered against him. She subsequently approached the magistrate under the Domestic Violence Act seeking interim maintenance of ₹10 lakh per month, ₹7 lakh for herself and ₹3 lakh for her daughter.

While the trial court initially granted monthly maintenance of ₹1.3 lakh, the amount was enhanced to ₹4 lakh by the High Court in July 2025. The High Court directed Shami to pay ₹1.5 lakh to Jahan and ₹2.5 lakh to their daughter until the domestic violence proceedings are finally decided.

Jahan has also filed a separate petition before the Supreme Court seeking further enhancement of the maintenance amount to ₹10 lakh per month.

Jahan’s Special Leave Petition (SLP) filed under Article 136 of the Constitution challenging the Calcutta High Court’s orders dated July 1 and August 25, 2025, which had fixed the interim maintenance at a total of ₹4 lakh per month, ₹1.5 lakh for Jahan and ₹2.5 lakh for their daughter. In her petition, filed through Advocate Deepak Prakash alleges that despite her husband’s enormous income, nearly ₹1 crore per month and an estimated net worth of over ₹500 crore, she and her child have been forced to live in “financial deprivation” while the cricketer continues to lead a “lavish lifestyle.”

Calling the order “grossly inadequate and unjust,” she contends that the courts below failed to take into account the respondent’s “enormous wealth, social standing, and standard of living.” According to the petition, the respondent is an “A-listed national cricketer” who has played for India in international tournaments and continues to be one of the highest-paid athletes in the country. In the financial year 2021–22 alone, he reportedly declared an income of ₹47.99 crore. His monthly personal expenses, as per the petition, exceed ₹1.08 crore.

The petitioner states that she has been unemployed since marriage and depends entirely on the maintenance amount to meet her and her daughter’s needs. “The respondent’s refusal to provide a fair and reasonable maintenance is deliberate, intended to humiliate and financially exhaust the petitioner and her child,” the plea reads. That matter remains pending before the supreme court.

Case Title: Hasin Jahan v. Md. Shami

Bench: Justices Manoj Misra and Manmohan

Hearing Date: February 18, 2026

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