Premature divorce application pending at court

Marriage was on jan 2016 . Separation in june 2016 . Mutual consent divorce application signed by both and applied on Feb 2017, as per both the lawyers sayings that we can apply after one years of marriage. In August 2017 second motion is called and both the parties present and signed as per directions from Judge. Order date is given as November 2016. Everything went fine till here. As per the lawyer, on the day of the order, judge suddenly wakes up and tells that it is a premature application. Application was presented within 1 year of separation and thus asks for clarification. Judge asks to provide references of earlier judgment from lawyer so that he can pass the order. Now it's in indefinite wait status for lawyer to clarify. Lawyer is avoiding this case now and not responding properly to clients. Client is in abroad. Lawyer is not appearing in court also. As we were not present we don't know what actually happened. Is it a correct scenario or our lawyer is lying? What can be the moto behind this? One of the party is out of country. So is it possible to still get this done by lawyer without the presence of both the parties?