ORAL ORDER

Aggrieved by the order passed in I.A.No.7 in M.C. No.

5546/2018, the husband is before this Court.

2. The brief facts of the case are that, the husband had filed M.C. No. 5546/2018 seeking restitution of conjugal rights. In that the wife had filed counter claim seeking divorce. The present I.A.No. 7 is filed to reopen the case from the stage of arguments to the stage of the petitioner's evidence. It is stated that, the petition was posted on 02.08.2024 for the evidence of the husband. Since their settlement proposal was going on he did not lead his evidence. However, the Court was pleased to close the evidence of the petitioner as nil on 12.09.2024 and the matter was posted to 28.02.2025 and then the wife led her evidence on 25.10.2024 and posted the petition on 7.12.2024 for cross examination of R.W.1-wife, and since the learned counsel did not go with the cross examination of the wife, the cross examination of the wife was taken as nil and posted the petition to 23.01.2025 and to 28.02.2025. It was stated that settlement efforts are made by the elders of both the families and hence he did not lead