The Supreme Court on Friday noted that it is increasingly acting as a matrimonial and bail court, due to the growing number of such cases coming before it, according to a report by Bar and Bench.

A bench consisting of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta made this remark while considering a plea from an Army officer. The officer requested the Court’s help in matrimonial case proceedings that had been repeatedly adjourned before the Rajasthan High Court .

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What did the Supreme Court say?

"If we start entertaining these matters for being adjourned, this Court would be flooded with divorce petitions from all over the country...all divorce matters will come before this Court. As it is, we are more of a matrimonial an

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