IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Civil Misc. Writ Petition No. 1886 of 2008 Smt. Sunita …Petitioner Versus Sanjay …Respondent Sri Sanjeev Singh, Advocate for petitioner Dated: October 21, 2008 Hon’ble B.C. Kandpal, J. By way of this writ petition the petitioner, who is applicant in Case No. 113 of 2006, Smt. Sunita versus Sanjay, under Section 13 of Hindu Marriage Act, read with Section 7(Ka) of Family Courts Act, pending before Family Court, Haridwar, has prayed for early disposal of the aforesaid case. Heard Sri Sanjeev Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner and perused the record. It appears from perusal of the order-sheet that the case was filed on 20th May, 2006 before Family Court, Haridwar. Several dates have been fixed in the case and evidence of the petitioner has been completed but the opposite party has been lingering on the matter by taking one pretext or the other. The purpose of the cases under Family Courts Act is to decide the dispute between the parties as early as possible. The delay in disposal of the case pending before Family Court defeats the basic purpose of the Act. The Judge, Family Court, 2 Haridwar is thus directed to take appropriate steps in the matter for an early disposal of the case. The Judge, Family Court is further directed not to accommodate either party on baseless grounds by granting adjournment. Accordingly, the prayer made by the petitioner in the writ petition appears to be innocuous. The Judge, Family Court, Haridwar is directed to dispose of the aforesaid case pending before it expeditiously and without causing any unreasonable delay (preferably within a period of three months). With the aforesaid observations, the petition is finally disposed of. (B.C. Kandpal, J.) SP 3