The court emphasized the necessity for timely disposal of cases in Family Courts to ensure justice.

Devan Ramachandran , J.

The petitioner seeks that OP(G&W) No.1273/2025, pending before the learned Family Court, Mavelikkara, be directed to be taken up and disposed of within a time frame to be fixed by this Court.

2. Sri.R.Reji - 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.P6 and P7; 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 inShiju 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, Mavelikkara, to consider Exts.P6 and P7 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. 83 OF 2026 PETITIONER EXHIBITS Exhibit P1 TRUE COPY OF THE POWER OF ATTORNEY EXECUTED BY THE PETITIONER IN FAVOUR OF HER FATHER DATED 10.07.2025 Exhibit P2 TRUE COPY OF THE OP.(GW) 1273 OF 2025 Exhibit P3 TRUE COPY OF THE MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT DATED 08.01.2022 EXECUTED AT THE MEDIATION SUB CENTRE, HARIPPAD IN M.R.NO.177/21 IN MC NO.88/18 Exhibit P4 TRUE COPY OF THE ORDER RECORDING THE MEDIATION AGREEMENT PASSED BY JFCM-II HARIPPAD DATED 02.03.2022 Exhibit P5 TRUE COPY OF THE ADMISSION LETTER DATED