Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:114464 Court No. - 9 Case :- MATTERS UNDER ARTICLE 227 No. - 7126 of 2025 Petitioner :- Mr. Karan Srivastava Respondent :- Principal Judge Family Court Prayagraj And Another Counsel for Petitioner :- Aditi Kesarwani,Sahil Srivastava Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Manish Kumar Nigam,J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the record. 2. The writ petition has been filed seeking following relief :- "i. It is therefore, most respectfully prayed that this Hon'ble Court may graciously be pleased to decide the case no. 377 of 2025 titled as "Karan Srivastava vs. Shriya under section 13(b) of the HMA, Act, within a stipulated time period, as expedited as possible by waiving off the cooling period, of 6 months." 3. The parties have taken out the proceedings under Section 13-B of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 for grant of a divorce by mutual consent which came to be registered as Petition No.377 of 2025 (Karan Srivastava Vs. Shriya). 4. Contention of learned counsel for the petitioner is that the cooling-off period as provided under Section 13-B Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, may be waived off. In this regard, learned counsel for the petitioner relied upon judgment of this Court passed in Matters Under Article 227 No. 1886 of 2020 (Smt. Pratibha v. Gaurav), decided on 04.03.2020. 5. In view of the same, no useful purpose would be served in keeping this petition pending. 6. This petition is disposed of in terms of order passed by this Court in Matters Under Article 227 No. 1886 of 2020 (Smt. Pratibha v. Gaurav), dated 04.03.2020. Order Date :- 16.7.2025 S. Singh (Manish Kumar Nigam, J.) Digitally signed by :- SAVITA SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad