Divorce by mutual consent

Querist : Anonymous (Querist) 27 July 2016 This query is : Resolved
Hi, My sister and her husband have been living apart since 2013. She lives in Bangalore while her husband lives in US since 2013. They have issues and thus applied for divorce with mutual consent in the local Bangalore family court. After 6 months of cooling period, at the final hearing, both of them had cold feet and withdrew the plea. But soon they realised they cannot live together at all. They kind of have moved on in life and thus now are sure they want a divorce. If they apply for divorce with mutual consent again now, is the cooling period compulsory, because that would waste another 6 months of their lives. Is there a way to avoid those 6 months?

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R.K Nanda (Expert) 27 July 2016
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Advocate Kappil Cchandna (Expert) 27 July 2016
Sir,

Cooling period is mandatory, but Hon'ble Supreme Court can waive that cooling period. I am doing the similar case of Bangalore (seeking waiver of the cooling period) before the Hon'ble Supreme Court.

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Kapil Chandna Advocate
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adv.bharat @ PUNE (Expert) 27 July 2016
No alternative to cooling period. You can't avoid it. Going to SC is more expensive as compare to wait for 6 month. Decision is yours.