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Before the Personal Laws (Amendment) Act, 2019, the number of grounds for divorce under Section 13 of…

Before 2019, Section 13(1) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 contained nine fault grounds available to either spouse and Section 13(1A) two breakdown grounds, making "11"…

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Before the Personal Laws (Amendment) Act, 2019, the number of grounds for divorce under Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act which were common to husband and wife was

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Before 2019, Section 13(1) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 contained nine fault grounds available to either spouse and Section 13(1A) two breakdown grounds, making "11" common grounds besides the wife's special grounds in Section 13(2); the Personal Laws (Amendment) Act, 2019 omitted leprosy, reducing the count to ten.

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