Husband and wife both is Hindu. Wife filed divorce petition u/s. 13(1) (ia) in family court through power of attorney holder. Wife is in foreign country. Husband has to file reply statement in family court on next date. Husband wants to sustain marriage life. He wants to go for mediation/conciliation procedure.
1. Does family court itself order for mediation/conciliation between parties in next hearing? OR Husband has to grant permit from court to order for mediation/conciliation?
2. Can husband request to court to order for mediation/conciliation procedure before filing reply statement OR husband has to file reply statement first and then after request to court to order for mediation procedure?
3. If petitioner wife not present in mediation procedure what action can court take in this case?
4. Does the mediation procedure in divorce case is mandatory? Can court avoid the mediation procedure in contested divorce case? If ‘yes’ then in which condition court avoid the procedure of mediation between parties in contested divorce case?
