Grounds for Judicial Separation & Divorce

1. Adultery

Where the other party has, after the solemnization of the marriage had voluntary sexual intercourse with....learn more

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Where the other party has treated the petitioner with cruelty, after passing the marriage laws (amendment) act, 1976 cruelty also becomes a ground for....learn more

Cruelty

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Questions of Legal Cruelty

Justifying judicial separation or divorce on that ground may be considered under the following heads: -

Desertion

When the petitioner has been deserted continuously for a period not less than two years immediately preceding the presentation of....learn more

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In order to constitute desertion, the following facts should be established: -

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Requisited to Constituted Desertion

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1. The separation must be without reasonable cause. 2. This state of affairs must have continued for two years. 3. The spouses must have parted or terminated all joint-living....learn more

Conversion

A decree for divorce can be obtained by a petitioner, where the opposite party has ceased to be a Hindu by conversion to another religion e.g....learn more

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Unsound Mind

Where the other party has been incurable unsoundness of mind or has been continuously or intermittently from a mental disorder....learn more

Leprosy

Where the spouse presenting the petition has shown that the other party has been suffering from a virulent and incurable form of leprosy....learn more

It is essential for the petitioner to prove that the opposite party has been suffering from a venereal disease in a communicable form....learn more

Venereal disease

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Missing spouse/Presumed death

Where the other party has not been heard of as being alive for a period of seven years or more, those persons who....learn more

Examination of Witness in Indian Evidence Act 1872

Hindu Marriage Act, 1955

Human Rights law in India

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