Order

This writ petition is preferred on behalf of the petitioner being aggrieved with the order dated 07.03.2022 passed by the Family Court No.1, Jodhpur (for short ‘the Family Court’) whereby, the application under Order III Rule 2 read with Section 151 CPC and Section 10 of the Family Courts Act, 1984 filed on behalf of father of the petitioner, as being power of attorney holder, for representing him before the Family Court has been dismissed.

2. Brief facts of the case are that marriage of the petitioner and the respondent was solemnized on 7.10.2020 at Jodhpur as per the Hindu Rites and Customs. It appears that soon after the marriage, the relations between the parties became strained and both of them started living separately from 07.10.2020.

3. Despite best efforts made by the parties for restoring their conjugal relations and regular counselling by their near relatives, the matrimonial dispute between them could not be settled and, therefore, the parties have jointly filed an application under Section 13-B of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (for short ‘the Act of 1955’) seeking divorce by mutual consent before the Family Court on 26.10.2021. The Family Court registered the said a