whether presence of couple or parties staying abroad are required to appear in court in mutual divorce �??Where the parties are living far away from the jurisdiction of the Court competent to dissolve the marriage, the parties after filing their affidavits can appoint attorneys to act on their behalf. Attorney is competent to act on behalf of the principal on the basis of power of attorney executed by the principal. The Courts have been allowing attorneys to file the petition, to withdraw the petition, to carry on proceedings in the Court on behalf of their principal in all other cases. The attorney can also act in matrimonial cases as per instructions of their principle. The Court can take necessary precautions to prevent frauds being perpetuated on it but unless the Court smells some kind of fraud being played with it, the Court should normally recognize the act of the attorneys. �?? IN COURT OF THE HIGH DELHI AT NEW DELHI SUBJECT : Divorce Act Date of Reserve: September 05, 2008 Date of Order: September 19, 2008 CM(M) 1030/2008 Mr. Vinay Jude Dias … Petitioner Through: Mr. Sandeep Sethi with Mr. Anshu Mahajan and Mr. Vikas Aggarwal, Advs. Versus Ms. Renajeet Kaur … Respondent