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Observing that reception can t be considered part of the marriage ritual, the Bombay High Court recently held that the family court in Mumbai had no jurisdiction over a divorce case just because the.
Hence, the jurisdiction to file a divorce petition lies before the family court where the marriage ceremony took place and not where the wedding reception happened, the Court said.
The letter highlights issues like delay in first date after case filing, non-availability of case details and orders to lawyers virtually and lack of technologically trained staff.
The Court observed that imposing a time period of one month would be very unreasonable considering there were only seven family court judges and they were doing their best to ensure matters are disposed of.