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Arrange the grounds of divorce in the order in which they appear in the Hindu Marriage Act 1955. Use…

The Hindu Marriage Act's scheme presents fault grounds (s.13(1)) first, then breakdown grounds, then divorce by mutual consent (s.13B), with customary divorce saved by…

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Arrange the grounds of divorce in the order in which they appear in the Hindu Marriage Act 1955. Use the code given below :

(i) Mutual Consent
(ii) Breakdown
(iii) Fault
(iv) Customary

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The Hindu Marriage Act's scheme presents fault grounds (s.13(1)) first, then breakdown grounds, then divorce by mutual consent (s.13B), with customary divorce saved by s.29(2), which gives the sequence "(iii) (ii) (i) (iv)".

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