The Karnataka High Court in the case N Rajeev AND C Deepa observed and has stated that the trial courts should make all the necessary efforts to try and dispose off matrimonial cases, wherein it involves the prayer for the dissolution or nullity of marriage, within an outer limit for the period of one year.
The Single bench headed by Justice Krishna S Dixit in the case observed and has stated that the matrimonial causes should be tried and be disposed off on a war footing, at least at the concession to the shortness of human life.
The court observed while pointing out the early disposal that in the event of granting such a decree, thus, the parties may restructure their lives.
The court in the case observed and has opined that it hardly needs to be stated life is lost in living. Delay in disposal of such cases very badly which affects the parties thereto and needs no deliberation.
Inn the present case, the said court made the observations wherein the plea is moved by one N Rajeev who had approached the court seeking a direction to the family court to dispose of the petition filed by him in the year 2016, seeking a decree for dissolution or the nullity of his marriage to the respondent, within the period of three months.
The petitioner in the plea argued before the court that the right to speedy justice being recognized by the Apex Court as a constitutional guarantee under Article 21 of the Constitution of India being the direction to be issued for the expeditious disposal of the said case.
The court requested the requested the Family Court Judge in order to accomplish the trial and disposal of the subjects even year-old case preferably within an outer limit for the period of three months, all contentions having been kept open.
Further, the court while considering the facts and circumstances of the case observed and has directed the Registrar General to circulate the judgment in all the concerned circles so that other similarly circumstanced litigants may not unnecessarily knock at the doors of the court seeking of the direction for the expeditious disposal of their cases.
Accordingly, the court allowed the plea.
