JUDGMENT :

A. MUHAMED MUSTAQUE, J.

1. These cases tell a tale of an unscrupulous litigant who considers himself as the dominus litis, capable of knocking down all the directions in the judgments of this Court as well as the Apex Court in one stroke by not pressing his petition for restitution of conjugal rights filed before the Family Court, Thiruvananthapuram. First, we shall advert to the facts of the case before adverting to who is the master of the case in the Family Court jurisdiction.

2. Anjana, the petitioner in both cases, met J.A. Jayesh Jayaram when she went to take driving lessons at Shivanada Motor Driving school. Their intimacy developed, leading to the registration of their marriage before the Local Registrar under the Kerala Registration of Marriages (Common) Rules, 2008 (hereinafter referred to as the (“Marriage Rules”). Anjana's parents appear to have objected to the relationship. Alleging her illegal detention, Jayesh Jayaram approached this Court in W.P. (Crl.) No. 299/2015 seeking the writ of habeas corpus. It was alleged by Jayesh Jayaram that he married Anjana on 20.5.2015 at J.M. Hall, Vellarada, Thiruvananthapuram and the marriage was registered under the Marri