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| Home > Family Law > Divorce under Hindu Marriage Act |
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| Grounds for Divorce |
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A petition for divorce may be presented by either the husband or wife for dissolving the marriage on the following grounds:
That the other party
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has after the marriage had voluntary sexual intercourse with any other person; or
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has after the marriage treated the petitioner with cruelty
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has deserted the petitioner for a continuous period of not less than two years immediately preceding the presentation of the petition,
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has ceased to be a Hindu by conversion to another religion,
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has been incurably of unsound mind or has been continuously or intermittently from a mental disorder that the petitioner cannot reasonably be expected to live with such a person,
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has been suffering from a virulent and incurable form of leprosy,
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has been suffering from venereal disease in a communicable form
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has renounced the world by entering any religious order.
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Has not been heard of as being alive for a period of seven years or more by persons who would have naturally heard of it, had that party been alive. |
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