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Section 9 – HMA – Restitution of conjugal right.

Section 9 – Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 Section 9 – HMA – Restitution of conjugal right. When either the husband or the wife has, without reasonable excuse, withdrawn from the society of the other, the aggrieved party may apply, by petition to the district court, for restitution of conjugal rights and the court, on being […]

Section 20- HMA – Contents and verification of petitions

Section 20 – Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 Section 20- HMA – Contents and verification of petitions (1) Every petition presented under this Act shall state as distinctly as the nature of the case permits the facts on which the claim to relief is founded [and, except in a petition under section 11, shall also state] […]

Section 19- HMA – Court to which petition shall be presented.

Section 19 – Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 Section 19- HMA – Court to which petition shall be presented. 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 […]

Section 17- HMA – Punishment of bigamy

Section 17 – Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 Section 17- HMA – Punishment of bigamy Any marriage between two Hindus solemnized after the commencement of this Act is void if at the date of such marriage either party had a husband or wife living; and the provisions of sections 494 and 495 of the Indian Penal […]

Section 16- HMA – Legitimacy of children of void and voidable marriages

Section 16 – Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 Section 16 – HMA: Legitimacy of children of void and voidable marriages (1) Notwithstanding that a marriage is null and void under section 11, any child of such marriage who would have been legitimate if the marriage had been valid, shall be legitimate, whether such child is born […]

Section 15- HMA – Divorced persons when may marry again

Section 15 – Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 Section 15- HMA – Divorced persons when may marry again When a marriage has been dissolved by a decree of divorce and either there is no right of appeal against the decree or, if there is such a right of appeal, the time for appealing has expired without […]

Section 13B- HMA – Divorce by mutual consent

Section 13B – Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 Section 13B- HMA – Divorce by mutual consent (1) Subject to the provisions of this Act a petition for dissolution of marriage by a decree of divorce may be presented to the district court by both the parties to a marriage together, whether such marriage was solemnized before […]

Section 13A – HMA – Alternate relief in divorce proceedings

Section 13A – Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 Section 13A – HMA – Alternate relief in divorce proceedings In any proceeding under this Act, on a petition for dissolution of marriage by a decree of divorce, except in so far as the petition is founded on the grounds mentioned in clauses (ii), (vi) and (vii) of […]