The Delhi High Court set aside a Family Court order denying waiver of the mandatory one-year waiting period for mutual consent divorce. A bench of Justices Vivek Chaudhary and Renu Bhatnagar held that forcing a non-consummated marriage causes hardship.
The Allahabad High Court Bar Association has written a strongly worded letter to the President of India, copying the Chief Justice of India and Union Law Minister, opposing the Supreme Court Collegium’s recommendation to appoint five retired judges as ad-hoc judges for two years at Allahabad High Court.
