Lucknow Family Court – Mutual Consent Divorce, Kaiserbagh

The Lucknow Family Court operates from the Kaiserbagh campus with nine courts — one Principal Judge and eight Additional Judges — handling matrimonial matters for all of Lucknow District. Appeals go to the Allahabad High Court Lucknow Bench, which sits in Lucknow itself. This page covers jurisdiction, the process, what the settlement must address, and how cases with an outstation or NRI spouse are handled. To begin, fill in our Divorce Application Form and we will take it forward.

Lucknow Family Court — Location and Jurisdiction

The Lucknow Family Court serves Lucknow District from the Kaiserbagh campus, the administrative capital of Uttar Pradesh. Nine Family Courts function here: one presided by the Principal Judge and eight by Additional Judges. Cases are allocated on filing — the filing party does not choose the bench. All nine courts operate under the supervisory jurisdiction of the Allahabad High Court, with the Lucknow Bench of the High Court sitting in Lucknow itself for appellate matters arising from the Lucknow region.

  • Court Name: Family Court, Lucknow (9 courts — Principal and 8 Additional)
  • Address: Kaiserbagh, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh – 226001
  • Phone: 0522-2626303
  • Jurisdiction: Lucknow District — Gomti Nagar, Hazratganj, Indira Nagar, Aliganj, Mahanagar, Alambagh, Rajajipuram, Charbagh, Aminabad, Sarojini Nagar, Telibagh and surrounding areas
  • Appellate Court: Allahabad High Court — Lucknow Bench (sits in Lucknow; Principal Seat is at Allahabad/Prayagraj)
  • Typical Timeline: 6–8 months (waiver possible: approximately 1–3 months)

For case status and listings, visit the Lucknow District Court website. For filing support, see our Lucknow divorce lawyers page. For the statutory framework, see our Mutual Divorce in India guide.

How Mutual Consent Divorce Proceeds at Lucknow Family Court

The framework is Section 13B of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, under the Allahabad High Court Lucknow Bench's supervisory jurisdiction. Here is how the process moves from start to decree.

  • Settle all terms before filing — alimony, custody and visitation, division of property, and withdrawal of any pending proceedings (498A, DV Act, maintenance). Lucknow's large government and service-sector population means many cases involve service-linked entitlements — GPF, gratuity, and pension — that should be addressed in the settlement where applicable. Every term must be specific before the petition is filed.
  • File the joint petition — submitted at the Kaiserbagh registry via the UP eCourts portal or in person. The registry scrutinises jurisdiction, pleadings, and document completeness before assigning a First Motion date. The case is allocated to one of the nine courts on filing. Both spouses must sign before submission.
  • First Motion hearing — both spouses appear before the assigned judge at Kaiserbagh. Statements confirming voluntary consent and one year of separation are recorded on oath. The court grants the First Motion and refers the parties to the court counsellor. For outstation or NRI spouses, video conferencing may be permitted at judicial discretion.
  • Mandatory counselling session — both spouses attend a session with the court-appointed counsellor under the Family Courts Act, 1984. The counsellor's report is filed before the case proceeds. In mutual consent matters where the decision is firm, the session is brief.
  • Cooling-off period or waiver — six months ordinarily separate the First and Second Motion. A waiver application at the First Motion stage can shorten this where grounds are strong: 18 months or more of separation, a fully executed settlement, and the counsellor's confirmation. With waiver: approximately 1–3 months. Without: 6–8 months.
  • Second Motion and decree — both spouses reaffirm consent before the judge. The divorce decree is pronounced. Certified copies are issued from the registry and couriered to both parties.
Allahabad High Court Lucknow Bench: The Allahabad High Court has a permanent Bench sitting in Lucknow itself. Waiver revisions and appeals from Lucknow Family Court go to this Bench — no travel to Allahabad/Prayagraj is needed for Lucknow cases. This makes the full process, including any appellate step, manageable entirely within Lucknow.

Getting to Lucknow Family Court

Kaiserbagh, Lucknow – 226001. Accessible via Hazratganj Metro Station and from the city centre via Mahatma Gandhi Marg.

Questions Lucknow Couples Ask

The allocation between the nine courts — one Principal Judge and eight Additional Judges — is made at the registry on filing. You do not choose the bench; the case is assigned based on internal distribution. All nine courts follow the same procedure under Section 13B of the Hindu Marriage Act, and all are located on the same Kaiserbagh campus. For all practical purposes, the process and timelines are identical whichever court your case is assigned to.
Jurisdiction is established on your current Lucknow residence — your husband's Delhi posting does not affect this. All documentation and petition preparation is handled entirely remotely. For the First Motion and Second Motion hearings, both spouses are typically required in person — we coordinate around posting cycles and leave availability from the start. Video conferencing may be permitted by the judge in appropriate circumstances. This situation — UP-based wife, husband posted elsewhere in India — is among the most common patterns we see from Lucknow.
Yes, under Amardeep Singh v. Harveen Kaur (2017). The waiver application is filed at the First Motion stage and requires: separation of 18 months or more, a fully executed and specific settlement agreement, and the counsellor's report confirming reconciliation was not feasible. The waiver is at the court's discretion. If declined, a revision petition can be filed before the Allahabad High Court Lucknow Bench — which sits in Lucknow itself. No travel to Allahabad or Prayagraj is needed for Lucknow cases.
Where one or both spouses are in government or public sector service, the settlement should address any entitlements that accrued during the marriage — GPF balance, gratuity payable on retirement, and pension rights where applicable. These are not automatically addressed by a divorce decree. The settlement must either include specific terms about these entitlements, or contain a comprehensive waiver clause that closes all future financial claims between the parties. Leaving service-linked entitlements unaddressed is a common oversight in Lucknow cases given the city's large government workforce.
Not for Lucknow matters. The Allahabad High Court's Principal Seat is at Prayagraj (Allahabad), but it has a permanent Bench at Lucknow that handles cases from Lucknow and several other UP districts. Appeals and revision petitions from Lucknow Family Court go to this Lucknow Bench — no travel to Prayagraj is needed. For a Lucknow mutual divorce case, the entire process from filing to any appellate step can be conducted within the city.
In a straightforward mutual consent case, both spouses are typically required in person on two occasions: the First Motion hearing and the Second Motion hearing. The counselling session also requires attendance — for outstation or NRI spouses, video conferencing may be arranged at judicial discretion. Interim listing dates are handled by the advocate without either party attending. Whether a waiver is sought or not, the total personal appearances remain the same — the gap between them is shorter if the waiver is granted.

We File at Lucknow Family Court

Lucknow cases are shaped by the city's large government and public sector workforce — IAS, IPS, PCS officers, central government staff — where posted-spouse situations are common and service-linked entitlements like gratuity, GPF, and pension need to be addressed specifically in the settlement deed, not left as an afterthought.

The nine-court structure at Kaiserbagh gives Lucknow Family Court more capacity than most UP district courts, and the Allahabad High Court Lucknow Bench sitting in the same city means the appellate route, if ever needed, requires no inter-city travel.

If you are ready to begin, submit your details through our Online Divorce Form — we confirm jurisdiction, prepare the petition and settlement deed, file at Kaiserbagh, and coordinate all court steps through to the decree. The fee is ₹999 to start.

Still negotiating? A legal notice for divorce puts the conversation on a formal footing — most spouses respond differently once things are in writing.