V.Raghavan (Advocate Madras High Court) 04 June 2008
Prakash Yedhula (Lawyer) 04 June 2008
Guest (n/a) 04 June 2008
SROTAS -Global Legal Services (LEGAL) 05 June 2008
SROTAS -Global Legal Services (LEGAL) 05 June 2008
SROTAS -Global Legal Services (LEGAL) 05 June 2008
Srinivas.B.S.S.T ( Advocate) 09 June 2008
Dear Dear
first you have to understand that an exparte decree is not a complete decree and it is bound to be set aside at one or other point of time. In your case your husband is showing his illness as a ground to condone the delay, which will definetly be allowed and the main petition will be restored to file. That means once the set aside exparte decree petition filed by your husband is allowed by court you main divorce case will be opened again for trial and you have to face the trial and in the meanwhile you marry another person, that marriage will not be a valid marriage as your first marriage is still subsisting and not dissolved. In such event your act will come under adultry. So please do take any hasty decision and see to that you contest your case and obtain a proper decree after full trial.
The other option is that you can go for a compromise and settle the matter with your husband in such event you both can file a petition under section 13B seeking divorce by mutual consent. Wishing you all the best. If you have further doubts feel free to ask them.
Sir,
Thanks fr ue advice. Now i have decided to contest the case and face the trial. i happened to see the petition submitted by him. i am sorry that i had read it wrongly as,he was ill then.
He says,his counsel was ill and he wasn't informed abt the dates to appear in the court. Lack of knowledge of the appearance dates has led to exparte,he says.
But when the judge asked the explanation of his absence, to his counsel, he had no replies and said no communication frm his end though he had sent a note asking him to appear on court.
Wil the petition be allowed now? what is the percentage of chances that it wil be allowed?
Thanks alot for the detailed replies posted. Thank u once again.
Srinivas.B.S.S.T ( Advocate) 11 June 2008
As i have told you these things will prolong the matter but
nothing else. If you have sontested about the diferences in the
petition filed by him may be the lower court will dismiss the petition.
But what is the guarantee that he will not move the
higher court? in such a case the higher court may accept his
petition this will do no good for you but prolonged litigation and
mental torture for you. sorry to say that being an advocate
but what to do goddess of law has no eyes only ears.
SROTAS -Global Legal Services (LEGAL) 11 June 2008
If the reason for delay falls on the advocate side, it is easy for the client to get order in the delay petition. 75% chance is there to allow the petition. But you can file a revision petition before High Court challenging the order of condonation of delay. In High Court, you can fix up an date for final disposal of all the cases in family court. If you want any clarification, feel free to contact us. We can direct our chennai office to do the needful.
vivekananthan (Advocate) 13 June 2008
you can file a revision petition before high court challenging the IA filed by the husband for condonation of delay. Recent judgements are there for direction to family courts to dispose of the cases within one day or one hearing if the parties are not willing to live together. By quoting the judgement you can easily get order in you favour. Thanks for SROTAS - Global Legal Services to provide good decision.