Hindu Marriage Act 1955 Section 22 : 1.[Proceedings to be in camera and may not be printed or published : (1) Every proceeding under this Act shall be conducted in camera and it shall not be lawful for any person to print or publish any…
Hindu Marriage Act 1955 Section 21C : 1.[Documentary evidence : Notwithstanding anything in any enactment to the contrary, no document shall be inadmissible in evidence in any proceeding at the trial of a petition under this Act on the ground that it is not duly…
Hindu Marriage Act 1955 Section 21B : 1.[Special provision relating to trial and disposal of petitions under the Act : (1) The trial of a petition under this Act shall, so far as is practicable consistently with the interests of justice in respect of the…
Hindu Marriage Act 1955 Section 21A : 1.[Power to transfer petitions in certain cases : (1) Where— (a) a petition under this Act has been presented to a district court having jurisdiction by a party to a marriage praying for a decree for judicial separation…
Hindu Marriage Act 1955 Section 21 : Application of Act 5 of 1908 : Subject to the other provisions contained in this Act and to such rules as the High Court may make in this behalf, all proceedings under this Act shall be regulated, as…
Hindu Marriage Act 1955 Section 20 : 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 1.[and, except in a…
Hindu Marriage Act 1955 Jurisdiction And Procedure : Section 19 : 1.[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…
Hindu Marriage Act 1955 Section 18 : Punishment for contravention of certain other conditions for a Hindu marriage : Every person who procures a marriage of himself or herself to be solemnized under this Act in contravention of the conditions specified in clauses (iii), (iv),…
Hindu Marriage Act 1955 Section 17 : 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…
Hindu Marriage Act 1955 Section 16 : 1.[Legitimacy of children of void and voidable marriages : (1) Notwithstanding that a marriage marriage is null and void under section 11, any child of such marriage who would have been legitimate if the marriage had been valid,…
Hindu Marriage Act 1955 Section 15 : 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,…
Hindu Marriage Act 1955 Section 14 : No petition for divorce to be presented within one year of marriage : (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, it shall not be competent for any court to entertain any petition for dissolution of a marriage by…
Hindu Marriage Act 1955 Section 13B : 1.[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…
Hindu Marriage Act 1955 Section 13A : 1.[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…
Hindu Marriage Act 1955 Section 13 : Divorce : (1) Any marriage solemnized, whether before or after the commencement of this Act, may, on a petition presented by either the husband or the wife, be dissolved by a decree of divorce on the ground that…
Hindu Marriage Act 1955 Section 12 : Voidable marriages : (1) Any marriage solemnised, whether before or after the commencement of this Act, shall be voidable and may be annulled by a decree of nullity on any of the following grounds, namely: 1.[(a) that the…
Hindu Marriage Act 1955 Nullity Of Marriage And Divorce : Section 11 : Void marriages : Any marriage solemnised after the commencement of this Act shall be null and void and may, on a petition presented by either party thereto 1.[against the other party], be…
Hindu Marriage Act 1955 Section 10 : Judicial separation : 1.[(1) Either party to a marriage, whether solemnised before or after the commencement of this Act, may present a petition praying for a decree for judicial separation on any of the grounds specified in sub-section…
Hindu Marriage Act 1955 Restitution Of Conjugal Rights And Judicial Separation : Section 9 : Restitution of conjugal right : 1.[***] When either the husband or the wife has, without reasonable excuse, withdrawn from the society of the other, the aggrieved party may apply, by…
Hindu Marriage Act 1955 Section 8 : Registration of Hindu marriages : (1) For the purpose of facilitating the proof of Hindu marriages, the State Government may make rules providing that the parties to any such marriage may have the particulars relating to their marriage…