“No petition of divorce can be presented within one year of marriage.” This is provided in which of the…

Section 14 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 bars the presentation of a divorce petition within one year of the marriage, although the court may allow an earlier petition in a case of exceptional hardship to the petitioner or exceptional depravity on the respondent's part. Section 11 deals with void marriages, section 12 with voidable marriages and section 13 with the grounds of divorce.

Current law: Uttarakhand UCC Section 28 provides its own one-year divorce-petition restriction and exceptional-hardship or depravity leave mechanism for covered persons. Coverage includes defined Uttarakhand residents, including residents outside the State, and excludes Scheduled Tribes and groups with Part XXI-protected customary rights.