JUDGMENT

Anil K. Narendran, J.—The petitioner filed O.P.No.1159 of 2018 on the file of the Family Court, Palakkad, under Section 13(1)(i)(ia) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, against the respondent herein-husband, seeking a decree of divorce to dissolve the marriage solemnised between them on 20.03.2009 at Sree Krishna Temple, Guruvayur. The petitioner-wife filed I.A.No.3 of 2022 (Ext.P3) before the Family Court, seeking time-bound disposal of O.P.No.1159 of 2018. In that interlocutory application, the Family Court passed an order dated 13.09.2022, which is placed on record as Ext.P5, along with I.A.No.1 of 2023. The said order reads thus;

“Petition allowed and the case will be disposed of at the earliest.”

The petitioner has filed this original petition, invoking the supervisory jurisdiction of this Court under Article 227 of the Constitution of India, seeking an order directing the Family Court, Palakkad to dispose of O.P.No.1159 of 2018 (Ext.P1) within a time frame to be fixed by this Court or in the alternative an order directing the Family Court to reconsider Ext.P3 interlocutory application, by fixing a time limit for disposal of the said original petition.

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