Hindu Marriage Act, 1955

Section - 19 - Court to which petition shall be presented

Jurisdiction and Procedure
[Court to which petition shall be presented.

19.     Every petition under this Act shall be presented to the district court within the local limits of whose ordinary original civil jurisdiction—

     (i)  the marriage was solemnized, or

    (ii)  the respondent, at the time of the presentation of the petition, resides, or

   (iii)  the parties to the marriage last resided together, or

[(iiia) in case the wife is the petitioner, where she is residing on the date of presentation of the petition, or]

    (iv)  the petitioner is residing at the time of the presenta­tion of the petition, in a case where the respondent is, at that time, .... To read the full section download the app from Google Play store