Grounds for divorce in india - Indian Divorce Laws

Grounds For Divorce in India Under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955

Adultery
Adultery is any kind of sexual relationship outside marriage.
Adultery is a criminal offence.
Substantial proofs are required to establish adultery.
One single act of adultery is enough to file for divorce.

Cruelty
Cruelty is any kind of mental and physical injury that causes danger to life, limb and health.
One single act is not enough to establish mental torture. There has to be a series of incidents.
Cruelty includes:
Denial of food
Continuous ill treatment
Abuses to acquire dowry
Perverse sexual act

Desertion
Desertion is the voluntarily abandonment of spouse
Divorce can be filed only after a period of two years of abandonment

Venereal Disease
Disease has to be:
Serious
Easily communicable
Includes sexually transmitted diseases like AIDS

Not Heard Alive
Spouse is presumed to be dead if he/she:
Is not seen or heard alive
For a continuous period of seven years

Other Grounds For Divorce
Conversion - Conversion to another religion
Mental Disorder - Incurable mental disorder and insanity
Leprosy – A ‘virulent and incurable’ form of leprosy

Other Grounds For Divorce
Renunciation - If spouse renounces worldly pleasures to follow a religious order
No Resumption of Cohabitation – If couple fails to resume cohabitation after the court has passed a decree of separation.

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