Supreme Court of India
Devinder Singh Narula v. Meenakshi Nangia
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What the Court ordered
We are of the opinion that in appropriate cases invocation of such power would not be unjustified and may even prove to be necessary.
Judgment, page 7
From the headnote
CONSTITUTION OF /NOIA, 1950: c Art. 142 read with Art. 136 - Exercise of jurisdiction to dissolve the marriage before the cooling off period, on a petition for divorce by mutual consent u/s 13-8 of Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 - Held: It is no doubt true that the Legislature had in its wisdom stipulated a cooling off period of six months from the date of filing of a petition for mutual divorce till such divorce is actually granted, with the intention that it would save the institution of marriage and the intention of the Legislature cannot be faulted with, but there may be occasions when in order
Where later benches applied it
Of those, 1 relied on · 1 mentioned
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