Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:6274-DB Court No. - 29 Case :- FIRST APPEAL DEFECTIVE No. - 12 of 2025 Appellant :- Sri Nishant Bhardwaj Respondent :- Smt. Rishika Gautam Counsel for Appellant :- Praveen Kumar Counsel for Respondent :- Sunil Kumar Mishra Hon'ble Ashwani Kumar Mishra,J.

Hon'ble Donadi Ramesh,J.

This appeal is directed against an order passed by Principal Judge, Family Court, Saharanpur dated 9.10.2024, whereby the petition filed by the parties for mutual dissolution of their marriage under Section 13-B of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), has been rejected on the ground that the minimum period for moving such application, as is provided under Section 14 of the Act, has not yet expired.

The matter was heard on 8.1.2025 and the appeal was adjourned in order to enable learned counsel for the appellant to address the Court on the import of proviso to Section 14 of the Act. The order passed by this Court on 8.1.2025, reads as below:

"Let this matter appear as fresh, once again, on 15.1.2025, in order to enable counsel for the appellant to address the Court on the import of proviso to Section 14 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, in the facts an