[S.13B HMA] Inconvenience Of Parties To Appear Before Court Not Ground To Waive Off Cooling Period For Mutual Divorce: MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that inconvenience of parties to appear before the Court cannot be a ground to waive off the six-month statutory cooling-off period prescribed under Section 13-B(2) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (HMA), before grant of divorce by mutual consent.The petitioner sought dissolution of his marriage through mutual consent and submitted that since both the...