2025:KER:26164 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DEVAN RAMACHANDRAN & THE HONOURABLE MRS. JUSTICE M.B. SNEHALATHA THURSDAY, THE 27TH DAY OF MARCH 2025 / 6TH CHAITHRA, 1947 OP (FC) NO. 178 OF 2025 OPDIV NO.1352 OF 2023, FAMILY COURT, KOTTAYAM PETITIONER/PETITIONER: SWEETIE ANN THOMAS, AGED 28 YEARS D/O THOMAS, KUTTIYANICKAL HOUSE, KIZHATHADIYOOR KARA, PALA PO, LALAM VILLAGE, MEANACHIL TALUK, KOTTAYAM DISTRICT, PIN – 686575. BY ADVS. P.C.HARIDAS V. ARJUN RESPONDENTS/RESPONDENTS: 1 NIJIN CHACKO, AGED 25 YEARS S/O CHACKO, PATHALIPUTHENPURACKAL HOUSE, THIRUVANCHOOR PO, MANNARKADU VILLAGE, KOTTAYAM TALUK AND DISTRICT, PIN – 686019. 2 CHACKO, AGED 62 YEARS S/O ABRAHAM, PATHALIPUTHENPURACKAL HOUSE, THIRUVANCHOOR PO, MANNARKADU VILLAGE, 2025:KER:26164 OP (FC) NO. 178 OF 2025 -2- KOTTAYAM TALUK AND DISTRICT, PIN – 686019. THIS OP (FAMILY COURT) HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 27.03.2025, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: 2025:KER:26164 OP (FC) NO. 178 OF 2025 -3- JUDGMENT Devan Ramachandran, J. Even though the petitioner singularly pleads that the learned Family Court, Kottayam, be directed to dispose of OP(Div)No.1352/2023 within a time frame to be fixed by this Court, her learned counsel – Sri.P.C.Haridas, conceded that his client has already moved Ext.P6 application for such purpose before the said Court. 2. Obviously, we cannot intervene at this stage; and, as we have been consistently saying in such matters, it would not be prudent for us to fix any time frame for the learned Family Court to dispose of matters finally, fully aware of the workload that it endures. 3. However, since the petitioner says that 2025:KER:26164 OP (FC) NO. 178 OF 2025 -4- she has preferred Ext.P6 application and asserts that it has been numbered as I.A.No.10/2024, we are of the view that we will be justified in directing the learned Family Court to dispose of the same, after hearing both sides. In the afore circumstances, we allow this Original Petition to the limited extent of directing the learned Family Court to take up Ext.P6 application - if it is still pending; and dispose of the same, after affording necessary opportunities to both sides; thus culminating in an appropriate order thereon, as expeditiously as is possible, but not later than six weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. Needless to say, even though we have not fixed any time frame for disposal of the Original Petition by the learned Family Court, 2025:KER:26164 OP (FC) NO. 178 OF 2025 -5- it will be up to it to choose to do so as per law, adverting to all relevant and germane aspects. Sd/- DEVAN RAMACHANDRAN JUDGE Sd/- M.B.SNEHALATHA akv JUDGE 2025:KER:26164 OP (FC) NO. 178 OF 2025 -6- APPENDIX OF OP (FC) 178/2025 PETITIONER EXHIBITS EXHIBIT P1 TRUE COPY OF THE OP (DIV) NO. 1352/2023 ON THE FILES OF THE FAMILY COURT KOTTAYAM, AT ETTUMANOOR EXHIBIT P2 TRUE COPY OF THE OP NO. 1335/2023 ON THE FILES OF THE FAMILY COURT KOTTAYAM, AT ETTUMANOOR EXHIBIT P3 TRUE COPY OF THE JUDGMENT DATED 13-05- 2024 IN OP NO. 1352/2023 OF THE FAMILY COURT KOTTAYAM, AT ETTUMANOOR EXHIBIT P4 TRUE COPY OF THE WRITTEN STATEMENT DATED 30-11-2024 FILED BY THE 1ST RESPONDENT IN OP (DIV) NO. 1352/2023 ON THE FILES OF THE FAMILY COURT KOTTAYAM, AT ETTUMANOOR EXHIBIT P5 TRUE COPY OF THE WRITTEN STATEMENT DATED NIL FILED BY THE RESPONDENTS IN OP NO. 1335/2023 ON THE FILES OF THE FAMILY COURT KOTTAYAM, AT ETTUMANOOR EXHIBIT P6 TRUE COPY OF THE I.A. NO. 10/2024 IN OP NO. 1335/2023 ON THE FILES OF THE FAMILY COURT KOTTAYAM, AT ETTUMANOOR