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