The Delhi High Court has refused to immediately halt the trial court proceedings initiated by TMC MP Mahua Moitra against her former partner, advocate Jai Anant Dehadrai, over the custody of their pet Rottweiler dog Henry.
A bench of Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri passed the order while hearing Dehadrai’s petition against the trial court’s November 10, 2025, order dismissing his application for rejection of Mahua’s suit.
The trial court had concluded that Dehadrai’s pleas for rejection of the suit on the ground of limitation, absence of ownership or Mahua’s alleged suppression of facts were matters that required evidence to be led by both sides and could not be adjudicated without a full-fledged trial.
Dehadrai had requested the court to list his petition before April 29, the date on which the high court is scheduled to hear Moitra’s plea seeking interim custody of the dog for 10 days every month or alternatively to stay the proceedings since the next date of hearing before the trial court on Wednesday.
The high court, however, declined both requests, refusing to grant an earlier hearing or to stay the trial court proceedings in Moitra’s absence, but issued notice in the petition and his application to stay the further trial court proceedings.
The matter is next listed for hearing on May 14.
