Divorce

If you can justify the reason for non appearance to the court.

Tha k you sir for your response..
reason being financial problem and health issues.. will the court accept it..
And secondly we don't stay anymore in the jurisdiction of the earlier court.

Order 9, Rule 4 comes into play.      You can either institute a fresh suit or apply for setting aside of the dismissal.

Where subject-matter is situate and where defendant resides are the criteria for choosing the Court.

This is a divorce case. The Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 clearly provides that the jurisdiction of court under section 19(iiia) clearly provides that in case the wife is the petitioner it can be district court where she is residing on the date of presentation of the petition. As far filling a fresh divorce case is concerned, when previous divorce case was not decided on merits but dismissed on default, a new divorce case can be filled again by the party anytime. If these two things are not entering the mind of your lawyers then sorry nothing can be done with those stupid fellows.

Even if the case was not under the Hindu Marriage Act,1955 but it was for Christian couple the divorce case was filled under the Divorce Act,1869, the jurisdiction can be of the District Court where husband and wife reside or last resided together. It is not sure where your father is residing but if your mother is residing in Ranchi with you or both of them are living in Ranchi, the District Court in Ranchi will have jurisdiction to entertain the the petition for divorce.

I appreciate the wisdom of Shri Vijay Raj Mahajan but pray not to use such harsh words as stupid.