Are affidavits and letters from counsel in India insufficient to adjourn a divorce application?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from M.S.K. v. S.K.K., 2015 BCSC 2123 (CanLII):
Affidavit evidence and a letter from counsel in India, among other things, were also held to be insufficient to adjourn a divorce application in Bagga v. Rajput, 2014 BCSC 2394. Madam Justice Sharma explained the insufficiency of these documents, as follows:
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