In the GWA petition my spouse has falsely claimed jurisdiction by stating that the child joined petitioner and has eversince been living there. All the document proofs to prove otherwise has been submitted to the court in the form of statement of preliminary objections. Justice will take it's due course to prevail.
However, my question is related to perjury. My lawyer has been against filing a perjury petition against a woman in a matrimonial case, as it would yield no result. According to him, he was talking from statistics and judge perceptions point of view. Instead, he was convincing me that the judge would order a cost or penalty on the erring party.
I am not interested in punishing the erring party, but I am wondering if it is ethically right to let off perjurious petitions with no retaliation.
I am still not clear on the consequences of a perjury petition. Kindly clarify/advise accordingly.