https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=458147 The six-month cooling-off period under Section 13B(2) of the Hindu Marriage Act is directory, not mandatory, and may be waived where reconciliation is unlikely and further delay would only prolong hardship. The earlier ruling in Amardeep Singh is treated as setting illustrative factors for waiver, not an inflexible requirement that the full waiting period must always run. On the facts, the brief marriage, long separation, failed reconciliation efforts, and complete breakdown in practical terms justified waiver of the period and dissolution of the marriage by mutual consent, including through Article 142 powers to do complete justice. en-us Sat, 11 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 10 Oct 2024 20:50:19 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=458147 The six-month cooling-off period under Section 13B(2) of the Hindu Marriage Act is directory, not mandatory, and may be waived where reconciliation is unlikely and further delay would only prolong hardship. The earlier ruling in Amardeep Singh is treated as setting illustrative factors for waiver, not an inflexible requirement that the full waiting period must always run. On the facts, the brief marriage, long separation, failed reconciliation efforts, and complete breakdown in practical terms justified waiver of the period and dissolution of the marriage by mutual consent, including through Article 142 powers to do complete justice. Case-Laws Indian Laws Sat, 11 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=458147