Section 14 of Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 imposes a ban for filing petition for:-

Section 14 restricts presentation of a divorce petition during the first year of marriage, subject to leave for exceptional hardship to the petitioner or exceptional depravity of the respondent. It is not the corresponding ban on seeking judicial separation or a declaration of nullity.

Current law: For persons within Uttarakhand’s UCC scope from 27 January 2025, section 28 supplies the Code’s first-year divorce restriction and exceptional-leave mechanism. The Code covers defined residents, including specified residents outside the State, and excludes Scheduled Tribes and protected customary groups under section 2.