Case Law Analysis
|Madhya Pradesh High Court
Section 13-B HMA | Cooling Period Waiver Permissible in 'Non-Starter' Marriages Without Reconciliation Hope : MP HC Gwalior
The Madhya Pradesh High Court ruled that the six-month cooling period under Section 13-B of the Hindu Marriage Act is directory, not mandatory, when parties have lived separately since marriage with no possibility of reconciliation. The court emphasized judicial discretion in waiving the period where marital cohabitation never commenced, reinforcing flexibility in mutual consent divorces for 'non-starter' marriages.