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Friday, April 12

Court to act on principles of English Divorce Court while granting relief under Indian Divorce Act, 1869


As per section 7 of Indian Divorce Act, 1869, the High Courts and District Courts, in all suits and proceedings under the Act, to act and give relief on principles and rules which, in the opinion of the said Courts, are as nearly as may be conformable to the principles and rules on which the Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes in England.

Where the parties to a marriage professed the Christian religion at the time of the occurrence of the facts on which the claim to relief is founded, Courts shall grant relief in that case.