After a reunion effort by Family Court here yielded results and a couple following a sustained counselling got united and happily went home with their one and a half year old toddler on Wednesday.
The counselling was undertaken by the reconciliation cell of the court under the supervision of Judge Srikanta Mishra.
According to sources, Sarat Chandra Pradhan (26) of Paremeswarpur, Kanheibindha under Simulia and Alkaprava Nayak (25) had married as per Hindu rituals on July 2, 2014.
However, after leading a healthy martial life for a few months, dissensions took place between them on various trivial issues. Soon, the relationship between them became more strained despite intervention by the family members of both sides and fellow villagers.
The souring relationship became more acute even though they were blessed with a daughter in October 2015.
Sarat works in a granite cutting unit in Tamil Nadu. He filed a petition seeking dissolution of marriage, under section 13(i) of Family Court Act on March 31 last.
The couples were while counselled initially in the conciliation cell, intending their reunion, on October 15 last, they were urged to forge their differences and disputes.
On Wednes, the couple had again a counselling session in the conciliation cell under the direction of Judge Mishra. After persuasions, they agreed to forget their past disputes and reside together.
From the side of the petitioner, advocate Ganesh Prasad Mohanty was conducting the case, while from the opposite side, the counsel was Gopal Ray Mahapatra.