https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=458110 Article 142 may be invoked in appropriate matrimonial cases to dispense with the six-month cooling-off period under Section 13-B of the Hindu Marriage Act where the marriage has effectively broken down, the parties have been separated for a substantial period, and there is no real prospect of resumption of marital life. The text also notes that, where parties move from contested proceedings to a mediated settlement and satisfy the substantive conditions for mutual consent divorce, pending proceedings under Section 12 may be treated as convertible into proceedings under Section 13-B for the purpose of granting final relief by mutual consent. en-us Wed, 22 Aug 2012 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 08 Oct 2024 15:39:04 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=458110 Article 142 may be invoked in appropriate matrimonial cases to dispense with the six-month cooling-off period under Section 13-B of the Hindu Marriage Act where the marriage has effectively broken down, the parties have been separated for a substantial period, and there is no real prospect of resumption of marital life. The text also notes that, where parties move from contested proceedings to a mediated settlement and satisfy the substantive conditions for mutual consent divorce, pending proceedings under Section 12 may be treated as convertible into proceedings under Section 13-B for the purpose of granting final relief by mutual consent. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 22 Aug 2012 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=458110