marriage laws amendment bill
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7/21/2019 Marriage Laws Amendment Bill
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Marriage laws amendment bill, 2010 (key
features)
This bill was passed to amend the Hindu marriage act, 1955
and Special marriage act, 1954.
Irretrievable breakdown of marriage: Before the
amendment, sections 1!B and "# of the H$% & S$%
respecti'el(, pro'ided for the grounds of di'orce with mutual
consent. Howe'er, this would often lead to a deadloc) duringcourt proceedings as one of the parties would abstain form
ma)ing appearances in order to elongate the proceedings. To
*ll this lacunae sections 1!+, and - were added to the H$%
and section "# was amended in the S$%.
Section 13!"
This entitles either part( to *le for di'orce as opposed to
mutual consent.
t pro'ides for /irretrievable breakdown of marriage# as a
ground for di'orce.
The court shall grant decree on the abo'e ground if it satis*es
all conditions. 0ne if the conditions being that the couple ha'e to li'e apart
for (ears.
Section 13$"
This section has managed to garner some contro'ersies as it is
apparentl( dri'en b( gender bias.
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This section gi'es a right to the wife to oppose a di'orce if she
is the respondent in the case.
She can oppose the di'orce on the basis of /nancial
hardship#.
Section 13%"
This section states that decree of di'orce shall not be granted
to the parties unless adeuate pro'isions of maintenance of
children born out of the marriage ha'e been made.
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