Judicial efficiency mandates timely handling of Family Court applications to prevent undue delays.

Devan Ramachandran , J.

The petitioner seeks that OP No.233/2023, pending before the learned Family Court, Kollam, be directed to be taken up and disposed of within a time frame to be fixed by this Court.

2. Sri.Saneej E.S. - appearing for the petitioner, submits that, though his client has moved the learned Family Court seeking expeditious disposal of the Original Petition through Interlocutory Applications, produced as Exts.P3 and P4; the Family Court has not taken adequate steps to expedite the proceedings.

3. We certainly have empathy for the petitioner; and ideally, all cases should be disposed of at the earliest. However, there is a large pendency in every Family Court and we cannot be oblivious to this.

4. That said, the applications moved by the petitioner before the learned Family Court - which, in our view, is in accordance with the declarations in Shiju Joy A. v. Nisha [2021 (2) KLT 607] - requires to be disposed of without delay.

In the afore circumstances, we allow this Original Petition; with a direction to the learned Family Court, Kollam, to consider Exts.P3 and P4 applications in its proper perspective, leading to appropriate orders/action on it, without any avoidable delay, but not later than three weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment.

Sd/- DEVAN RAMACHANDRAN JUDGE Sd/- M.B. SNEHALATHA JUDGE stu APPENDIX OF OP (FC) NO. 81 OF 2026 PETITIONER EXHIBITS Exhibit P1 TRUE PHOTOCOPY OF THE OP NO. 233/2023 OF THE FAMILY COURT, KOLLAM DATED 20.02.2023 Exhibit P2 TRUE PHOTOCOPY OF THE STATUS PROCEEDINGS AVAILABLE FROM DCMS IN OP NO. 233/2023 OF THE FAMILY COURT, KOLLAM Exhibit P3 TRUE PHOTOCOPY OF THE ADVANCE PETITION NUMBERED AS IA NO. 1/2026 IN OP NO. 233/2023 OF THE FAMILY COURT, KOLLAM DATED 21.01.2026 Exhibit P4 TRUE PHOTOCOPY OF THE URGENT PETITION NUMBERED AS IA NO. 2/2026 IN OP NO. 233/2023 OF THE FAMILY COURT, KOLLAM DATED 21.01.2026