GUPTA & GUPTA (No.3)

In *Gupta & Gupta (No.3)*, Judge Obradovic of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia considered an application by the applicant for leave to commence further family law proceedings. This application was made in circumstances where prior orders had been made restraining the applicant from commencing any further family law proceedings without first obtaining leave from the court.

The central legal issue before the court was whether the applicant had satisfied the threshold for granting leave to commence new proceedings, given the existing restraining orders. The court was required to determine if the applicant's proposed proceedings were sufficiently meritorious or otherwise justified the lifting of the previous judicial restraint.

Judge Obradovic dismissed the application for leave, finding that the applicant had not demonstrated sufficient grounds to warrant the court granting permission to initiate new proceedings. The court's reasoning, though not detailed in the provided text, would have involved an assessment of the applicant's case against the principles governing the imposition and lifting of such restraining orders, likely considering factors such as the applicant's history of litigation and the prospects of success of the proposed new proceedings.

Consequently, the court ordered the dismissal of the application for leave to commence proceedings, the Initiating Application filed on 7 May 2019, and the Application Contravention filed on 23 September 2019. All outstanding issues related to these matters were removed from the list of cases awaiting finalisation.