My wife had premarital unchastity i.e. pre marriage sex with her boyfriend. I got married on 22/04/2016 at Warangal, Telangana. One day, I received messages and calls from one person saying that the person and my wife is having an affair from 6 years and being in a physical relationship for more...
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Could I get a judicial separation from a mentally unstable wife?
I have a mentally unstable wife. She is harassing me for the last 10 years. Her behaviour and conduct are extremely bad. I have an adorable daughter who is 11 years old. Examples of her insane behaviour are — Since the last three years, my daughter is not going to school due to her behaviour. She...
Extra-marital affair: a ground of divorce
My wife has an extra-marital affair with her ex-boyfriend. I knew about her extramarital relation when I saw some intimate photographs on her mobile phone. I have collected all those photos as evidence to prove her illegal relation. She accepted the sexual relation with her paramour when I caught...
Filing mutual consent divorce in Kolkata
I live abroad but now due to lockdown, I am with my husband in Kolkata. Due to a lack of compatibility, I want to get a divorce from him. We were married in Feb 2018. How can I initiate a mutual divorce and is there any online procedure? Question from: West Bengal You can file a suit for divorce...
Wife claiming divorce on the false ground of impotency
Wife claiming divorce on the false ground of impotency. My wife filed a divorce under cruelty and I am impotent, but both grounds are false. What are all the remedy I have, can I sue her for the false allegation, what are all the procedure. Impotency of husband renders the marriage voidable....
Irretrievable breakdown of marriage in the Hindu Marriage Act
The Hindu Marriage Act does not recognise the concept of irretrievable breakdown of marriage. This concept does not allow the parties to prove guilt for divorce, therefore, it gives easy and respectable exit from the matrimonial bonding. In the modern development of social and economic conditions, marriage is no longer an institution. The marriage became a contract between the parties. Some provisions of the Hindu Marriage Act also made the marriage a civil contract between the parties.
Convert divorce petition into petition of divorce by mutual consent
I have filed a divorce petition, but we are ready to get a divorce by mutual consent. Can we move afresh petition or court can entertain it as a petition for mutual divorce? Section 13 of the Hindu marriage act mentions some grounds for divorce. The section follows the guilt theory. Therefore, one...
Convert divorce case in to mutual consent divorce
Can court convert the divorce case filed under section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act into the Divorce of Mutual Consent under section 13B of the same Act? Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act 1955, provides grounds for divorce. All the grounds mentioned in this section are based upon guilt theory....
Divorce by mutual consent
My husband compelled me to support his petition of mutual consent of divorce. Because of such compulsion, I accepted his offer for a one-time settlement. he gave 4 lac for it and refused to give any amount for my treatment. He said that 4 lac is given for my treatment otherwise I’m not entitled to...
Mutually agreed Divorce
My daughter & Son-in-Law are not finding compatible with each other for the last few years and are on the verge of breaking. They are married strictly as per the customary practice of Lingayat community (Fully discussed in the Supreme Court decision referred below) duly performed by a...