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sisily   06 April 2016

Family law-joint petition

hello sirs,

one of my friend filed a joint petition for divorce in a court in chennai. and for the last two years both of them didnot approached the court.is there any provision to renew the same petition ,and get a verdict as soon as possible.?



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sisily   07 April 2016

hello sir, thanks for the reply.i checked it found that the case has been dismissed because of the default of petitioner.now what should be done? please help.

prabhakar advocate (advocate)     07 April 2016

Both can file a joint application to reopen the case and it will be reopened.

sisily   07 April 2016

is there any possibility to reopen the case?the are living seperately for more than 3 years.is there any possibility to get a verdict soon?

prabhakar advocate (advocate)     07 April 2016

Application Under Order IX Rule 3 read with Section 151 CPC to reopen the case lies.  If it is mutual consent divorce petition , about six or seven months it will take to get divorce decree.


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