Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:36478 Court No. - 9 Case :- MATTERS UNDER ARTICLE 227 No. - 2417 of 2025 Petitioner :- Smt. Kranti Respondent :- Manish Kumar Counsel for Petitioner :- Rajesh Mishra Hon'ble Rohit Ranjan Agarwal,J. The petitioner and respondent were married on 16.05.2007 according to Hindu Rites and Customs. Due to matrimonial dispute between them, they started living separately since 2009. An application for grant of mutual divorce, by consent, was filed on 18.05.2023 under Section 13-B of the Hindu Marriage Act, which is pending consideration. The sole prayer made in the writ petition is to expedite the proceedings of Divorce Petition No.183 of 2023 which is pending before the Principal Judge, Family Court, Hamirpur. As no useful purpose would be served in keeping the matter pending, or calling for counter affidavit or issuing notice to the private respondents, the matter is being disposed of, at the admission stage, with a direction upon Principal Judge, Family Court, Hamirpur to proceed to decide the Divorce Petition No.183 of 2023, after hearing all the concerned parties, strictly in accordance with law expeditiously preferably within a period of three months from the date of production of certified copy of this order, keeping in view the dictum of Hon'ble Apex Court rendered in case of Amardeep Singh Vs. Harveen Kaur, (2017) 8 SCC 746. With the aforesaid direction, present writ petition stands disposed of. It is made clear that this Court has not adjudicated the case on merit. Order Date :- 12.3.2025 SK Goswami Digitally signed by :- SHIVAKANT GOSWAMI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad