A husband may present a petition for dissolution of marriage on the ground
that his wife has been guilty of adultery, since solemnisation of marriage. The
petition may be presented to district court or the High Court having
jurisdiction.
A wife may present a petition for dissolution of marriage on the
ground that, since the solemnization thereof, her husband
(i) has
exchanged his profession of Christianity for the profession of some other
religion, and gone through a form of marriage with another woman; or
(ii) has been
guilty of incestuous adultery, or
(iii) has
been guilty of bigamy with adultery, or
(iv) has been
guilty of marriage with another woman with adultery, or
(v) has been
guilty of rape, sodomy or bestiality, or
(vi) has been
guilty of adultery coupled with such cruelty as without adultery would have
entitled her to a divorce a mensa et toro, or
(viii) has
been guilty of adultery coupled with desertion, without reasonable excuse, for
two years or upwards.
Contents of
petition under section 10 of Indian Divorce Act, 1869
Every such petition shall
state, as distinctly as the nature of the case permits, the facts on which the
claim to have such marriage dissolved is founded.
See section 10 of Indian Divorce Act, 1869 on Lawzonline.com