Section - 14 - Hindu Marriage Act, 1955

Section - 14 - No petition for divorce to be presented within one year of marriage

No petition for divorce to be presented within one year of marriage.

14. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, it shall not be competent for any Court to entertain any petition for dissolution of marriage by a decree of divorce, [unless at the date of the presentation of the petition one year has elapsed] since the date of the marriage:

Provided that the court may, upon application made to it in accordance with such rules as may be made by the High Court in that behalf, allow a petition to be presented before [one year has] elapsed since the date of the marriage on the ground that the case is one of exceptional hardship to the petitioner or of exceptional depravity on the part of the respondent, but, if it appears to the court at the hearing of the petition that petitioner obtained leave to present the petition by any mis-representation or concealment of the nature of the case, the court may, if it pronounces a decree, do so subject to the condition that the decree shall not have effect until after the expiry of [one year] from the date of the marriage or may dismiss the petition without prejudice to any petition which may be brought after the expiration of the said [one year] upon the same or substantially the same facts as those alleged in suppo .... To read the full section download the app from Google Play store