Dear Members,
I am having query that if a Mutual Consent Divorce Petition is being filed by the husband and wife before Family Court but the period of separation of 1 year has not been completed, so we move the Application for Waiving off the period of 1 year at the time of filling the Mutual Consent Divorce Petition, as spouses are living separately since last 4-5 months only, but now query has been raised by the Ld. Family Court that period of 1 year separation is mandatory before presenting the petition so my petition is not maintainable. So members please help me out in my this problem with your auspicious comments or some law points/judgments that Mandatory period of 1 year can be waived-off at the time of filling the Mutual Consent Divorce Petition even though Separation period is less than 1 year.
Note: We cannot change the period of Separation to 1 year from 4-5 months, as in FIR date of Separation has been mentioned.