1. The present petition is against the order dated 02.04.2018 passed by the Principal Judge, Family Court, Raipur in Civil Suit No.113/2018 (Sumer Purohit Vs. Smt. Pooja Purohit) whereby the application jointly preferred by both the parties for reduction/relaxation of cooling-off period of six months as provided u/s 13-B(2) of Hindu Marriage Act has been dismissed.

2. Briefly stated facts of the case are that defendant wife Pooja Purohit was married to plaintiff Sumer Purohit on 01.02.2017. it is the case of the parties that after the marriage, they could not go long so as to continue with the marital relationship and they started living separately since 04.02.2017. Thereafter, on 05.02.2018 both the parties i.e., husband and wife had jointly filed a petition u/s 13-B of the Hindu Marriage Act seeking divorce by mutual consent. After filing of the petition on 06.02.2018, the learned court below had given the next date of hearing as 26.3.2018 for mediation and counseling. The efforts by mediation and counseling had failed and eventually the next date of hearing was given on 07.08.2018. In the meanwhile, an application has been jointly filed by the husband and wife o