A petition filed with concealment under Section 14 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 may be:

The proviso to s.14(1) of the Hindu Marriage Act allows the court, where leave was obtained by misrepresentation or concealment, to dismiss the petition "without prejudice to any petition which may be brought after expiration of the said one year". The petitioner may therefore file again after the first year; there is no permanent bar and no conversion into a nullity petition.