Arvind Kumar, J.

1. The present petition has been filed by the married couple Amit Jain and Taruna Jain jointly. They were married on 12.9.2005.They filed a petition under Section 13-B of the Hindu Marriage Act (for short the Act) by way of mutual consent on the ground that they are living separately since 9.4.2006. The learned District Judge, Chandigarh vide the impugned order dated 13.3.2007 declined to waive off the statutory period of one year and dismissed their petition. Aggrieved with the same, they, through this petition, has sought waiver of mandatory statutory period of one year in moving the petition for divorce by way of mutual consent as contemplated under Section 13(B)(1) of the Act by spelling out the exceptional circumstances and the hardships, with which both the parties are passing through. They have claimed to have settled their all disputes. They have compromised the matter so much so on the basis of which, the criminal case under Sections 498-A/406 I.P.C. had also been quashed by this Court vide order dated 25.8.2006 (Annexure P-1). Looking to there facts particularly that their marriage has become irretrievable due to incompatibility, there exists exce