The discriminatory aspects of section 10 of Indian Divorce Act (now Divorce Act) was removed by…

The discriminatory aspects of Section 10 of the Indian Divorce Act were removed by the "Indian Divorce Amendment Act of 2001". Earlier, a husband could seek divorce on the ground of the wife's adultery alone, while a wife had to prove adultery coupled with another ground such as cruelty, desertion or bigamy; the substituted section gives both spouses the same grounds.