Thane Family Court granted an elderly couple divorce within less than an hour of their application for it.
The counsel for one petitioner said the couple had been engaged in litigation for the past ten years, ever since their separation, & the woman had filed a plea seeking maintenance. They applied for a divorce by mutual consent on May 9 & got it within an hour. Judge S N Rukme passed the order.
Lawyer Ashok Shahani appeared for the husband (72) & Lawyer Ramrao Jagtap for the wife (65).
The couple had approached the National Lok Adalat to seek relief. The panel of judges at the lok adalat counselled the couple, asking them to consider filing for divorce by mutual consent at the family court, “to avoid lengthy litigation”. Hence, both parties filed a fresh plea for divorce by mutual consent in Court & within an hour, it was disposed of.
“This is probably the first instance where the court has disposed of a petition on the same day by invoking the ratio of Supreme Court judgments with a view to mitigate the suffering of the parties in cases where a marriage has been dead for all practical purposes,” said Shahani.
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