Transfer petition disposed of with order of dissolution of marriage dispensing with 6 month period as stipulated in S. 13-B(2) of the HMA, 1955. The parties arrived at an amicable settlement and decided to dissolve marriage by a decree of divorce by mutual consent on certain terms and conditions. It is noted that the parties are living separately and there is no possibility of the parties reconciling their disputes and cohabiting together, the stipulation of 6 months’ period indicated in sub section (2) of section 13-B of the Act dispensed with.
[Pooja Bhuneshwar Prasad Sharma v. Ashish Vinaybhai Mishra, (2022) 9 SCC 219]