JUDGMENT

Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari, J. - The present petition is being filed challenging the order dated 18.11.2022 passed by the First Additional Principal Judge, Family Court, District Jabalpur in Case No. RCSHM 1155 of 2022, whereby the application filed by the petitioner and respondent under section 13-B of Hindu Marriage Act for waiving off cooling period in the light of judgment passed by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of Amardeep Singh Vs. Harveen Kaur, reported in AIR 2017 SC 4417, has been rejected.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner and the respondent got married according to Hindu, rites and customs on 18.01.2020. Since their marriage was not successful, therefore, they have decided to obtain a decree of divorce, hence, they have jointly filed an application u/S. 13B of HMA for grant of divorce by mutual consent. It is stated that since both of them have decided to seek divorce and to live separately, therefore, pendency of the divorce petition for more than six months would seriously affect the future of both the petitioner and respondent, therefore, in the light of judgment delivered by the Apex Court in the case of Amardeep Singh