Section 14 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 contains a proviso allowing early filing on ground of:

The proviso to s.14(1) of the Hindu Marriage Act lets the court allow a divorce petition within the first year "on the ground that the case is one of exceptional hardship to the petitioner or of exceptional depravity on the part of the respondent". Ordinary hardship, mutual consent or a fault ground such as cruelty does not by itself justify leave.