- Tuesday, April 23, 2024
By: Eastern Eye Staff
On Tuesday Supreme Court has held that minimum cooling period of six months for granting the decree of divorce under the Hindu law can be waived by a trial court if there was no possibility of cohabitation between an estranged couple. The 1955 Hindu Marriage Act provides for a statutory cooling period of six months between the first and the last motion for seeking divorce by mutual consent to explore the possibility of settlement and cohabitation. Justices A K Goel and U U Lalit said that, “We are of the view that the period mentioned in section 13B (2) is not mandatory but directory; it will be open to the court to…
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