Does Consent Divorce Have No Cooling Time?
SECTION 13(B) provided for divorce by mutual consent by presentation of the petition (first motion) in the District Court by the parties on the grounds that (1) they have been living separately for a period of one year or more, (2) that they have been unable to cohabitate, and (3) that they have mutually agreed that the marriage should be dissolved. SECTION 13(B) also provided for second petitions to be filed not earlier than six months after the first petition. With time, the Indian Courts encountered a number of these divorce cases in which the parties were adamant that their differences could not be resolved and would continue to exist even after the statutory cooling-off period of six months, which begins on the date the first petition or motion was filed. Case Laws: The Statutory Cooling Off Period was finally allowed to be waived off after taking into account some factors outlined by the Supreme Court of India in Re: Amit Kumar v. Suman Beniwal- SC judgement_11-Dec-2...